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    The Doctrine That the Aim of All Action Should Be
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The Doctrine That the Aim of All Action Should Be

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The doctrine that the aim of all action should be the greatest balance of pleasure over pain and that a punishment inflicted on an offender must achieve enough good to outweigh the pain is called .

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