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... Worth as regards conduct and ultimately as regards truth , then we are left in a state of perfect anarchy ; unless there is some standard by which the relative worth of Feelings them- selves may be judged . Feeling , as such , is blind ...
... Worth as regards conduct and ultimately as regards truth , then we are left in a state of perfect anarchy ; unless there is some standard by which the relative worth of Feelings them- selves may be judged . Feeling , as such , is blind ...
Page xx
... 354 . APPENDIX . THE " OBJECT OF MORAL JUDGMENT . ” The act is prompted by a desire for some End ; this consciously purposive desire determines the moral worth of the act . If we go beyond this , it is to consider , not XX CONTENTS .
... 354 . APPENDIX . THE " OBJECT OF MORAL JUDGMENT . ” The act is prompted by a desire for some End ; this consciously purposive desire determines the moral worth of the act . If we go beyond this , it is to consider , not XX CONTENTS .
Page xxi
... worth of action , 383 , 384. In the first place , the true view of the social union of men is that all share in a common life , 384-387 ; and this community belongs to all sides of their nature , 387-390 . The essence of Egoism or pure ...
... worth of action , 383 , 384. In the first place , the true view of the social union of men is that all share in a common life , 384-387 ; and this community belongs to all sides of their nature , 387-390 . The essence of Egoism or pure ...
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... Worth , as , for instance , Ethics would do . We must carefully observe that by the term Subject , at the present stage , is implied no more than was implied by the terms ' some one , ' ' some individual ' -i.e. , that conscious states ...
... Worth , as , for instance , Ethics would do . We must carefully observe that by the term Subject , at the present stage , is implied no more than was implied by the terms ' some one , ' ' some individual ' -i.e. , that conscious states ...
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... - teristics of human nature which manifest themselves in our Judgments of Worth . We must be guided in our unification of knowledge by the significance which we assign to these facts of our nature : ' 76 THE NATURE AND AIMS.
... - teristics of human nature which manifest themselves in our Judgments of Worth . We must be guided in our unification of knowledge by the significance which we assign to these facts of our nature : ' 76 THE NATURE AND AIMS.
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