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Quote#Happiness

It seems arbitrary and unreasonable to exclude from the end, as so…

Quote byHenry Sidgwick · 1838–1900

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Methods of Ethics (1874), Book 4, chapter 1, section 1 (7th ed., 1907).

English (original)

it seems arbitrary and unreasonable to exclude from the end, as so conceived, any pleasure of any sentient being.

— Henry Sidgwick

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