First Principles of Moral Science, a Course of Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge
First Principles of Moral Science, a Course of Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge
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A third form of the same evil is found in hasty over-legis- lation, when human lawgivers attempt a task beyond their power, and in the pursuit of some political object, or in the mistaken assertion of their own authority, bind down the social life of the nation with burdens hard to be borne, which experience proves to be intolerable, and which, when long continued, lead to discontent and social revolution.
This first principle, then, of Humanity or Liberty, prescribes a threefold law for the gu...idance of all social thought and action, atid of all wise legislation. First, in doctrine, the clear assertion and firm maintenance of Digitized by VjOOQ IC MORALS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. 173 human responsibility, in contrast to the immoral voices of a material philosophy, and even to those subtle physio- logical excuses for crime, which forget that all wrong doing, when traced deep enough, must be real insanity and madness in the sight of perfect wisdom. Next, in the national constitution, the same principle points to power limited by law, or the settled order of constitutional government, in contrast to the despotism either of lawless multitudes, or of some solitary tyrant.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A third form of the same evil is found in hasty over-legis- lation, when human lawgivers attempt a task beyond their power, and in the pursuit of some political object, or in the mistaken assertion of their own authority, bind down the social life of the nation with burdens hard to be borne, which experience proves to be intolerable, and which, when long continued, lead to discontent and social revolution.
This first principle, then, of Humanity or Liberty, prescribes a threefold law for the gu...idance of all social thought and action, atid of all wise legislation. First, in doctrine, the clear assertion and firm maintenance of Digitized by VjOOQ IC MORALS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. 173 human responsibility, in contrast to the immoral voices of a material philosophy, and even to those subtle physio- logical excuses for crime, which forget that all wrong doing, when traced deep enough, must be real insanity and madness in the sight of perfect wisdom. Next, in the national constitution, the same principle points to power limited by law, or the settled order of constitutional government, in contrast to the despotism either of lawless multitudes, or of some solitary tyrant.
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