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Author : James Steuart
: An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy
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I lay it down as a general maxim, that the characteristic of a good action consists in the conformity between the motive, and the duty of the agent. Were there but one man upon earth, his duty would contain no other precepts than those dictated by self-love.
From : Book 1, Preface..
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