There it seems to us to be left by Paley and Bentham. They do
not seem to have considered the question, why the/ee/m^ of bene-
volence is right. If, however, the Utilitarian should say, that he
assumes the feeling to be right, and only differs from us in analyz-
ing and resolving aU virtue into that feeling, we should have no
quarrel with the principle of his philosophy, though we should
doubt about his conclusion. Whether all rectitude can be analyzed
into benevolence, we doubt But if the Utilitarian says, that a
benevolent feeling is right because it tends to promote happiness,
if he says that happiness is so excellent a thing that it confers upon
its promoter, virtue, all the charm which invests it, we must dissent
altogether. Benevolence makes me happy, makes others happy.
