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... circumstances of human activity and desire rather than from shifting imaginations and vagrant prejudices , even if these be dignified by more august titles . It is not enough , in his view , merely to say that the ground of morality is ...
... circumstances of human activity and desire rather than from shifting imaginations and vagrant prejudices , even if these be dignified by more august titles . It is not enough , in his view , merely to say that the ground of morality is ...
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... ally been combined in the past represents the content of consciousness as the product of circumstances : it implies a complete subordination of mental develop- ment to the order of external events ; and such ETHICS AND INDUCTION xxxi.
... ally been combined in the past represents the content of consciousness as the product of circumstances : it implies a complete subordination of mental develop- ment to the order of external events ; and such ETHICS AND INDUCTION xxxi.
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... circumstances may have thrown plea- sures in the individual's way ; it is also a ground on which he defends his main ethical doctrine . It is , therefore , interesting to remark that this theory of motives forms part of a way of ...
... circumstances may have thrown plea- sures in the individual's way ; it is also a ground on which he defends his main ethical doctrine . It is , therefore , interesting to remark that this theory of motives forms part of a way of ...
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... circumstances ; for personal life and the circumstances in which it is found are not co- ordinate factors in bringing about the voluntary act . Circumstances , no doubt , exert upon conduct an in- fluence which is not confined to its ...
... circumstances ; for personal life and the circumstances in which it is found are not co- ordinate factors in bringing about the voluntary act . Circumstances , no doubt , exert upon conduct an in- fluence which is not confined to its ...
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... circumstance . But unquestion- ably Mill's appreciation of this aspect of human nature was chiefly brought about through a tendency in liter- ature which began to affect English thought while he was still young . His criticism of ...
... circumstance . But unquestion- ably Mill's appreciation of this aspect of human nature was chiefly brought about through a tendency in liter- ature which began to affect English thought while he was still young . His criticism of ...
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Page 83 - The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
Page xcv - It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
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Page 102 - ... the happiness which forms the utilitarian standard of what is right in conduct, is not the agent's own happiness, but that of all concerned. As between his own happiness and that of others, utilitarianism requires him to be as strictly impartial as a disinterested and benevolent spectator.
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