Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, Vol. 4: For April, 1804-July, 1804 In the next place' he combats, with great ability, the argu ments of theic who have afi'ec'red to confider the principle of utility as a dangerous guide for our conduit, and endeavours to ihow that fuch reafonings really amount to a contraditition in terms; fince, to fay of any action that it is hurtful, dangerous, 'or improper, is juft to fay that it cannot have been adopted upon the principle pf utility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.