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"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do." I think Jeremy Bentham was trying to infer that by our human nature, we may either choose to make a good decision or a band one. Pain would be referring to a bad decision, made without thinking over a situation or thinking about consequences whereas pleasure would mean a well thought out decision that reflects a good image on your lifestyle. Everything you do in life is based upon a decision, and your decisions determine your lifestyle. If that is what the author is shooting for with his first paragraph, then I completely agree. The article goes on to talk about how pain and pleasure "govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. I think what the author is getting at here is that our......

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