 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Nevertheless, the statement that it is right to pursue the general good, though it may be set up as a verbal definition of the word “right", is something more than this, at any rate in its implications. It means, or implies, that acts promoting the general good are those that will be praised by the community, or at least that the general good is promoted if they are praised. It means, or implies, that it is to every one's interest that every one else's acts should be of this kind. It implies that there is more good, i.e. more satisfaction of desire, in a community if social pressure, whether through the law or through praise and blame, is applied to induce right action in the above sense than if it is applied in any other way. .
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