The’disposition’includessensibilitytowhathecalls’tutelarymotives’
motives，thatis，whichdeteramanfromsuchconductasgenerallyproducesmischievousconsequences。Nomotivecanbeinvariably，thoughsome，especiallythemotiveofgoodwill，andinaminordegreethoseof’amity’anda’loveofreputation，’aregenerally，ontherightside。Thelegislatorhastoreinforcethese’tutelarymotives’by’artificialtutelarymotives，’andmainlybyappealingtothe’loveofease，’thatis，bymakingmischievousconductmoredifficult，andto’self-preservation，’thatis，bymakingitmoredangerous。49*
Hehasthereforetomeasuretheforcebywhichthesemotiveswillbeopposed；
or，inotherwords，the’strengthofthetemptation。’Nowthemoredepravedaman’sdisposition，theweakerthetemptationwhichwillseducehimtocrime。
Consequentlyifanactshowsdepravity，itwillrequireastrongercounter-motiveoramoreseverepunishment，asthedispositionindicatedismoremischievous。