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26 ETHICS which the agent could have done instead. These three statements together constitute what I will call the first part of the theory; and, whether we agree with them or not, it must, I think, at least be admitted that they are propositions of a very fundamental nature and of a very wide range, so that it would be worth while to CHAPTER II UTILITARIANISM (concluded) In the last chapter I stated the first part of an ethical theory, which I chose out for consideration, not because I agreed with it, but because it seemed to me to bring out particularly clearly the distinction between the words '

• occasion
• excess of pain over lrlcirsurc
• particular pleasure on a particular occasion
• further accompaniments
• excess of pleasure over pain
• maximum of pleasure
• higher pleasure
• voluntary actions
• actions
• action