Essays on the Principles of Morality: And on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of MankindC. Gilpin, 1842 - 198 من الصفحات |
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... reason for writing . The desire of supplying the de- ficiency , if deficiency there be ; of exhibiting a true and authoritative Standard of Rectitude , and of estimating the moral character of human actions by an appeal to that Standard ...
... reason for writing . The desire of supplying the de- ficiency , if deficiency there be ; of exhibiting a true and authoritative Standard of Rectitude , and of estimating the moral character of human actions by an appeal to that Standard ...
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... reason at least is , that the Deity possesses the power , and evinces the intention , to call the human species to account for their ac- tions , and to punish or reward them . Most men , or most of those with whom we are concerned ...
... reason at least is , that the Deity possesses the power , and evinces the intention , to call the human species to account for their ac- tions , and to punish or reward them . Most men , or most of those with whom we are concerned ...
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... reason our final law . They do not set about formal proofs that we ought to sacrifice inferior rules to it , but conclude , as of course , that if the Will of God is made known , human duty is ascertained . " It is not to be imagined ...
... reason our final law . They do not set about formal proofs that we ought to sacrifice inferior rules to it , but conclude , as of course , that if the Will of God is made known , human duty is ascertained . " It is not to be imagined ...
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... reason , and that reason only , are not right . " § It is obvious that this language affirms that utility is a higher au- thority than the expressed Will of God . If the utility of a moral rule alone constitutes the obliga- tion of it ...
... reason , and that reason only , are not right . " § It is obvious that this language affirms that utility is a higher au- thority than the expressed Will of God . If the utility of a moral rule alone constitutes the obliga- tion of it ...
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... reason , or eternal fitness , or na- ture . If the writer is a Christian he cannot , with- out falling into inconsistencies , assert the supremacy of any of these principles : that is to say , when the precepts of Scripture dictate one ...
... reason , or eternal fitness , or na- ture . If the writer is a Christian he cannot , with- out falling into inconsistencies , assert the supremacy of any of these principles : that is to say , when the precepts of Scripture dictate one ...
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