OR,

THE SCIENCE OF MORALITY:

IN WHICH THE HARMONY AND CO-INCIDENCE OF

DUTY AND SELF-INTEREST,
VIRTUE AND FELICITY,

PRUDENCE AND BENEVOLENCE,

ARE EXPLAINED AND EXEMPLIFIED.

FROM THE MSS. OF JEREMY BENTHAM.

ARRANGED AND EDITED BY

JOHN BOWRING.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWNE, GREEN, AND LONGMAN.

EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM TAIT.

1834.

399.

PREFACE.

THIS work was in the course of preparation for the press when its great Author's earthly labors were suddenly closed. He had, up to the latest period of his existence, been accustomed to record the desultory thoughts which occurred to his mind on the important subject of which the volume treats; and I had the advantage, in my intimate communion with him, of seeking such guidance from him as was necessary for the understanding and arrangement of the mass of undigested fragments which he from time to time placed in my hands. It was a happy and an interesting task to follow him through those investigations in which benevolence and wisdom were mutual handmaids,—and emphatic indeed was the instruction which was so beautifully exemplified in every thought, and word, and action of