...danger, or by the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty — They ought rather `Z upholden. CHAPTER X. Or RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS AND OF TOLERATION. " A RELIGIOUS establishment is...

...of danger, or by the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence,...which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden." It will not, however, be difficult to expose the fallacy of this pernicious and inhuman...

...all the probabilities of the case may not be before the court. Paley controverts the maxim, and urges that " he who falls by a mistaken sentence may be considered as falling for his country, while he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the...

...urges that " he who falls by a mistaken sentence may be considered as falling for his country, while he suffers under the operation of those rules, by...welfare of the community is maintained and upheld."-}- There is no judicial enormity which may not be palliated or justified under colour of this execrable...

...punished by death." If any should be hung through mistake, Dr. Paley kindly advises their friends : "To reflect that he who falls by a mistaken sentence may be considered as falling for his country." Robert Owen believed that the drunkard and thief were victims of circumstances. In his "New Moral World,"...

...drowning at sea or escape from a wreck. Paiey's Paley's remark is better known. " He who falls apology. by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling...which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden." Such a reflection may have strengthened Socrates in his intrepid refusal to escape from...

...drowning at sea or escape from a wreck. Paiey's Paley's remark is better known. " He who falls apology. by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling...which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden." Such a reflection may have strengthened Socrates in his intrepid refusal to escape from...

...accountability." Again, in a warning voice, he reminds us that Romilly condemned the execrable maxim of Paley, " that he who falls by a mistaken sentence may be considered as falling for his country, while he suffers under the operation of those rules by the general effect and tendency of which the...

...of danger, or by the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence...welfare of the community is maintained and upheld." It will not, however, be difficult to expose the fallacy of this pernicious and inhuman argument. It...

...of danger, or by the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence,...which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. (From Moral and Political Philosophy. .) ST. PAUL HERE then we have a man of liberal attainments,...