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... whole sets of motor nerves , or nerves of movement , by which control is maintained over the muscles . The brain itself is in the form of two lobes or hemispheres , adapted for communication with the two sides of the body , and ...
... whole sets of motor nerves , or nerves of movement , by which control is maintained over the muscles . The brain itself is in the form of two lobes or hemispheres , adapted for communication with the two sides of the body , and ...
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... whole Ethical Philosophy of ancient times was seriously B encumbered by discussing the question of Morals under the general Relation of Psychology to Ethical Science,-Tests of Accuracy, PAGE I PART I MAN'S MORAL NATURE AS COGNITIVE ...
... whole Ethical Philosophy of ancient times was seriously B encumbered by discussing the question of Morals under the general Relation of Psychology to Ethical Science,-Tests of Accuracy, PAGE I PART I MAN'S MORAL NATURE AS COGNITIVE ...
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... whole extent of activity wears a moral character . Every power belonging to us as moral beings is thus capable of being turned to a moral or an immoral use . Physical exercise is a merely physical good ; but physical strength can be ...
... whole extent of activity wears a moral character . Every power belonging to us as moral beings is thus capable of being turned to a moral or an immoral use . Physical exercise is a merely physical good ; but physical strength can be ...
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... whole range of actions morally wrong . The fact of the punishment of some actions is sufficient . Even on Professor Bain's theory , which makes punishment and moral distinction co - extensive ( Emotions and Will , p . 257 ) , there ...
... whole range of actions morally wrong . The fact of the punishment of some actions is sufficient . Even on Professor Bain's theory , which makes punishment and moral distinction co - extensive ( Emotions and Will , p . 257 ) , there ...
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... whole species .'- Essays , II . 222 - Principles of Morals , sect . I. The nature of this sense or feeling is thus indicated : ' Every quality , which is useful or agreeable to ourselves or others , is , in common life , allowed to be a ...
... whole species .'- Essays , II . 222 - Principles of Morals , sect . I. The nature of this sense or feeling is thus indicated : ' Every quality , which is useful or agreeable to ourselves or others , is , in common life , allowed to be a ...
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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.