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... moral judgment affirms a particular application of a general moral truth . It contains a prin- ciple valid as a law of activity , not only in the particular case , but in all similar cases ; not only at this time , but at all times ( Id ...
... moral judgment affirms a particular application of a general moral truth . It contains a prin- ciple valid as a law of activity , not only in the particular case , but in all similar cases ; not only at this time , but at all times ( Id ...
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... law of production — the ultimate law on which Political Economy rests - man possesses wealth by producing it . The source of property is in the man himself . So it is with the source of truthfulness , temperance , bene- ficence . The ...
... law of production — the ultimate law on which Political Economy rests - man possesses wealth by producing it . The source of property is in the man himself . So it is with the source of truthfulness , temperance , bene- ficence . The ...
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... moral law , which appoints man to be a producer . By a power inherent in our Reason , the principle is recognised as self - evident . Thus , in the recognition of moral principle , the mind is the source of simple ideas , as Price ...
... moral law , which appoints man to be a producer . By a power inherent in our Reason , the principle is recognised as self - evident . Thus , in the recognition of moral principle , the mind is the source of simple ideas , as Price ...
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... morality , which , however , presupposes morality itself . Recognising , as we are thus led to do , a manifold applica- tion of the moral law regulating acquisition of property , we are on the way for generalizing as to the form of moral ...
... morality , which , however , presupposes morality itself . Recognising , as we are thus led to do , a manifold applica- tion of the moral law regulating acquisition of property , we are on the way for generalizing as to the form of moral ...
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... law of morality bearing on acquisition of property is prior in knowledge and fundamentally requisite for the formation of the abstract conceptions of Industry and Honesty . When we speak of an Intuitional Theory of Moral Dis- tinctions ...
... law of morality bearing on acquisition of property is prior in knowledge and fundamentally requisite for the formation of the abstract conceptions of Industry and Honesty . When we speak of an Intuitional Theory of Moral Dis- tinctions ...
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Page 129 - the doing good to mankind, in " obedience to the will of God, and for the " sake of everlasting happiness...
Page 19 - GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. "An exquisite and touching portrait of a rare and beautiful spirit.
Page 129 - 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.
Page 129 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
Page 50 - The original of them all, is that which we call SENSE, for there is no conception in a man's mind, which hath not at first, totally or by parts, been begotten upon the organs of sense.
Page 129 - For there is no such finis ultimus (utmost aim), nor summum bonum (greatest good) , as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers. Nor can a man any more live whose desires are at an end than he whose senses and imaginations are at a stand. Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.