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"It would seem to be both good and bad; good in its conduciveness to the satisfaction of my present appetite, bad in its preventing my enjoyment of the play."

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

Now, the excellence of all rules depends on their conduciveness to the object they have in view.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

Whence, if so much be admitted, it necessarily follows that the test of the morality of actions is their conduciveness to enjoyment.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

The excellence of all rules of life must, therefore, depend on their conduciveness to the sole object which life has in view, viz., enjoyment.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

There is no security for the permanence of public effort, save in the clear conviction of its intrinsic rightfulness and conduciveness to the public good.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob