History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, 1. kötetD. Appleton, 1809 |
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vi. oldal
... ethics of its teachers ; but it sometimes produces a reaction , and impels the moralist to an asceticism which is the extreme opposite of the prevailing spirit of society . The means which moral teachers possess of acting upon their ...
... ethics of its teachers ; but it sometimes produces a reaction , and impels the moralist to an asceticism which is the extreme opposite of the prevailing spirit of society . The means which moral teachers possess of acting upon their ...
vii. oldal
... ethics of the intellect , the virtues and vices of the decaying Christian empire and of the barbarian kingdoms that replaced it , the gradual apotheosis of secular rank , and the first stages of that military PREFACE . vii.
... ethics of the intellect , the virtues and vices of the decaying Christian empire and of the barbarian kingdoms that replaced it , the gradual apotheosis of secular rank , and the first stages of that military PREFACE . vii.
xii. oldal
... Ethical importance of this distinction Alleged Diversities of Moral Judgment • · Are frequently due to intellectual causes ... ethics 95 96 98 Persecution . 100 • Antipathy to free inquiry 101 General moral principles alone revealed by ...
... Ethical importance of this distinction Alleged Diversities of Moral Judgment • · Are frequently due to intellectual causes ... ethics 95 96 98 Persecution . 100 • Antipathy to free inquiry 101 General moral principles alone revealed by ...
xiii. oldal
... ethics of savages Each of the Two Schools of Morals related to the General Condition of Society PAGE 121 123 125 Their relations to metaphysical schools . 127 To the Baconian philosophy . - Contrast between ancient and modern ...
... ethics of savages Each of the Two Schools of Morals related to the General Condition of Society PAGE 121 123 125 Their relations to metaphysical schools . 127 To the Baconian philosophy . - Contrast between ancient and modern ...
2. oldal
... ethics into an idle sentiment . The intuitive moralist , for reasons I shall hereafter explain , believes that the ... ethical systems ; and it is usually only after our characters have been fully formed that we begin to reason about ...
... ethics into an idle sentiment . The intuitive moralist , for reasons I shall hereafter explain , believes that the ... ethical systems ; and it is usually only after our characters have been fully formed that we begin to reason about ...
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61. oldal - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
49. oldal - 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.
42. oldal - As between his own happiness and that of others, utilitarianism requires him to be as strictly impartial as a disinterested and benevolent spectator. In the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth, we read the complete spirit of the ethics of utility. To do as you would be done by, and to love your neighbour as yourself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.
8. oldal - 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.
16. oldal - That men should keep their compacts, is certainly a great and undeniable rule in morality; but yet, if a Christian who has the view of happiness and misery in another life, be asked why a man must keep his word ? he will give this as a reason: Because God, who has the power of eternal life and death, requires it of us.
12. oldal - For moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good and evil in the conversation and society of mankind. Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions, which in different tempers, customs, and doctrines of men are different...
14. oldal - And from this account of obligation it follows, that we can be obliged to nothing, but what we ourselves are to gain or lose something by ; for nothing else can be a ' violent motive ' to us. As we should not be obliged to obey the laws, or the magistrate, unless rewards or punishments, pleasure or pain...
9. oldal - There can be no greater argument to a man of his own power, than to find himself able, not only to accomplish his own desires, but also to assist other men in theirs: and this is that conception wherein consisteth charity.