T 3.2.7.7
SBN 537-8 · cited directly by 1 paper
But this execution of justice, tho' the principal, is not the |only advantage of government. As the violent passions hinderviolent passion hinders men from seeing distinctly the interest they have in an equitable behaviour towards others; so it hinders them from seeing that equity itself, and gives them a remarkable partiality in their own favours. This inconvenience is corrected in the same manner as that above-mention'd. The same persons, who execute the laws of justice, will also decide all controversies concerning them; and being indifferent to the greatest part of the society, will decide them more equitably than every one wou'd in his own case.
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| Ainslie 1995 | (T 537) T 3.2.7 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …following the laws of nature, despite the frequent short-term advantage in violating them (T 537); and it helps to co… |
| (T 538) T 3.2.7 (2 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … (T 537); and it helps to coordinate complicated projects which are to the benefit of all (T 538). Hume thinks that t… |