Is Life Worth Living? by William Hurrell Mallock
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Either, that all kinds of happiness are equally _high_ that do not interfere with others 55 Or, that it is only a _high_ kind of happiness that can be shared by all 56 Both of which suppositions are false 57 The conditions of social health are a moral end only when we each feel a personal delight in maintaining them 58 In this case they will supply us with a _small portion_ of the moral aid needed 59 But this case is not a possible one 60 There is indeed the natural impulse of sympathy that might tend to make it so 61 But this is counterbalanced by the corresponding impulse of selfishness 63 And this impulse of sympathy itself is of very limited power 63 Except under very rare conditions 63 The conditions of general happiness are far too vague to do more than very slightly excite it 64 |
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