[clxiv. 231]

1820 July 6

Emancipation Spanish

?.8. Corruptive influence

Ends and Means of Governm t

Sinister sacrifice

Monarchs sacrificers

Instance Ferdinands tortures

Of the ratio of the force of self-regarding interest to social interest the measure will be compounded of the number of the persons whose interest a man is disposed to sacrifice to his own personal interest, and in the instance of each such other persons the magnitude of that interest: the degree of predominance will be in the direct ratio of this magnitude multiplied by the number of the persons in question, and in the inverse ratio of the magnitude of that interest of his own to which he is on each occasion disposed to make the sacrifice. In this compound ratio is the degree of selfishness

Thus Give an example

In so far as it is an object of disapprobation, preference of a mans own interest to other interests is termed selfishness

Only where the ratio is inordinate can the sentiment of disapprobation so entertained be just and reasonable

The degree of selfishness has for its measure

The greater the quantity of /mans/ power a man has, the greater, unless in so far as any cause tending to diminish it /the quantity/ be assigned, is the degree of his selfishness.

Insert power howsoever constituted - 1. by law 2. by wealth 3. by influence of understanding on understanding derived from reputation.

The situation of Monarch of all others is the situation in which the greatest degree of selfishness ought to be looked for.

In this situation, the expectable degree of selfishness to be looked for /expected/ will be as the quantity of the power attached to it.