But the motive, that is, the feeling which makes him will so to do, when it makes no difference in the act, makes none in the morality: though it makes a great difference in our moral estimation of the agent, especially if it indicates a good or a bad habitual disposition-a bent of character from which useful, or from which hurtful actions are likely to arise. The rescue of the man is, in the case supposed, only the necessary first step of an act far more atrocious than leaving him to drown would have been… The morality of the action depends entirely upon the intention-that is, upon what the agent wills to do. Davies, Mill wrote: I submit, that he who saves another from drowning in order to kill him by torture afterwards, does not differ only in motive from him who does the same thing from duty or benevolence the act itself is different. Bows are one of the 11 Weapon types available in New World for the players to choose from, and are ideal for engaging multiple Enemies. Crisp, Roger ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), p. Longbow of the Arcane Eye is one of the Rare Bows in New World. 13 See Mill, John Stuart, Utilitarianism, ed.
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