The Economy of Happiness |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquired characters adapted alternative altruism applied approval assertion assume attain attempt average called categorical propositions common sense conjunction consumption contingency curve definition degree desiderata determined diminishing discussion distinction doctrine dogma duction duration economy effect efficiency efficient cause employed equal example existence expectation experience express fact given greater hedon hedon-minutes Hence human inalienable rights increase individual inductive inference inheritance intensity intuitionism involved kind knowledge labor cost Laplace's Formula laws of thought less major premise mammals maximum means mental method mind moral nature negative object observed obvious operation output persons pleasure and pain preference premises presumption of happiness principle production proposition quantity of pain race reason relation result right and wrong selection sentient similar society sufficient sumption Suppose surplus of happiness term things tion truth uniformity of nature universal use-judgment utilitarian utility voluntary acts wealth words
Popular passages
Page 344 - That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self -protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 527 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 345 - It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood.
Page 409 - The monopoly of capital becomes a fetter upon the mode of production, which has sprung up and flourished along with, and under, it.
Page 396 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 478 - Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes.
Page 110 - ... standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire: but in reality he will remain subject to it all the while.
Page 389 - Necessity, that imperious all pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The race of plants and the race of animals shrink under this great restrictive law. And the race of man cannot, by any efforts of reason, escape from it.
Page 344 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise or even right.
Page 63 - ... instances differ is the effect or the cause or an indispensable part of the cause of the phenomenon.