Jeremy Bentham

第46章

32。Ibid。,i206。

33。Works,i,205;andDumont’sTraité;s(1820),i,xxv,xxvi。Theword’springsofaction’perhapscomefromthemarginalnotetotheabove-mentionedpassageofLocke(bk。ii,chap。xxvi,section41,42)。

34。MoralsandLegislation,chaps。iv,v,vi。

35。See’CodificationProposal’(Works,iv,540),whereBenthamtakesmoneyasrepresentingpleasure,andshowshowthepresentvaluemaybecalculatedlikethatofasumputouttointerest。ThesameassumptionisoftenmadebyPoliticalEconomistsinregardto’utilities’。

36。Works(’MoralsandLegislation’),i,17n。

37。Itisnotworthwhiletoconsiderthisatlength;butIgivethefollowingconjecturalaccountofthelistasitappearsintheMoralsandLegislationabove。Inclassifyingpainorpleasure,Benthamis,Ithink,followingthecluesuggestedbyhis’sanctions’。Heisrealyclassifyingaccordingtotheircausesorthewayinwhichtheyare’annexed’。Thuspleasuremayormaynotbedependentuponotherpersons,orifuponotherpersons,maybeindirectlyordirectlycausedbytheirpleasuresorpains。Pleasuresnotcausedbypersonscorrespondtothe’physicalsanction’,andarethose(1)ofthe’senses’,(2)ofwealth,i。e。,causedbythepossessionofthings,and(3)of’skill’,i。e。,causedbyourabilitytousethings。Pleasurescausedbypersonsindirectlycorrespondfirsttothe’popularormoralsanction,’andarepleasures(4)

of’amity’,causedbythegoodwillofindividuals,and(5)ofa’goodname’,causedbythegoodwillofpeopleingeneral;secondly,to’politicalsanction,’

namely(6)pleasuresof’power’;andthirdly,tothe’religioussanction,’

or(7)pleasuresof’piety’。Alltheseare’self-regardingpleasures。’Thepleasurescauseddirectlybythepleasuresofothersarethose(8)of’benevolence’,and(9)ofmalevolence。Wethenhavewhatisreallyacrossdivisionofclassesof’deriviative’pleasures;thesebeingdueto(10)memory,(11)imagination,(12)expectation,(13)association。Toeachclassofpleasurescorrespondsaclassofpains,exceptthattherearen

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