 | Reinhard Brandt - Philosophy - 1982 - 476 pages
...bezeichnet wird. Sie findet bei J. Bentham ihre klassische Formulierung; ich zitiere den relevanten Passus: „But all punishment is mischief: all punishment...is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater evil"18.... | |
 | Karl-Peter Sommermann - Constitutional law - 1997 - 630 pages
...Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Anm. 36), Chap. 13, § 1: »The general objects which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...augment the total happiness of the community...«; dort in Chap. 4 auch zur Quantifizierung von Lust und Unlust. 38 Dazu sogleich unter II lb bb. 39 J.-J.... | |
 | Joycelyn M. Pollock - Corrections - 1997 - 542 pages
...utilitarian thinker, suggested that in some instances the benefits of punishment do not outweigh the evil. But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in...is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater... | |
 | Geoff Carter - Social Science - 2000 - 254 pages
...and outcome of this prediction as it was to effect him personally. CHARIER 6 Justice in a man's world "All punishment is mischief. All punishment in itself...is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater... | |
 | Lucas Bergkamp - Law - 2001 - 744 pages
...Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973, p. 250. — ' Bentham believed that "the general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common, is (...) to exclude mischief. But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle... | |
 | James L. Nolan - Law - 284 pages
...moral culpability as determined by some sort of adjudicative body. Deterrence The general objective which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...the first place, to exclude, as far as may be, every tiling that tends to subtract from that happiness; in other words, to exclude mischief. But all punishment... | |
 | Donald K. Sharpes - Education - 2002 - 550 pages
...him, the greatest good of the greatest number was the basis for just legislation. "The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...in the first place, to exclude, as far as may be, everything that tends to subtract from that happiness; in other words, to exclude mischief" (Bentham,... | |
 | Philip Bean - Social Science - 2003 - 404 pages
...Legislation, 1962. pp. 170177. 1. General view of cases unmeet for punishment I. The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...that happiness: in other words, to exclude mischief. II. But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle of utility,... | |
 | Philip Bean - Social Science - 2003 - 404 pages
...be. every thing that tends to subtract from that happiness: in other words. to exclude mischief. II. But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in...is evil. Upon the principle of utility. if it ought at all to be admitted. it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater... | |
 | Slavoj Žižek - Culture - 2003 - 428 pages
...of Morals and Legislation. which is strongly reminiscent of Leibniz's Theodicy: Bentham writes that "all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself...is evil. Upon the principle of utility. if it ought at all to be admitted. it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater... | |
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But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater evil. 
