The Elements of Moral Science: With Questions for ExaminationReligious Tract Society, 1835 - 431 oldal |
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... true , that we are under obligation to perform an action only on the ground that it is productive of the greatest good , the assertion must be true in its widest sense . It must apply to actions affecting our relations , not only to man ...
... true , that we are under obligation to perform an action only on the ground that it is productive of the greatest good , the assertion must be true in its widest sense . It must apply to actions affecting our relations , not only to man ...
269. oldal
... true . Many things which men assert they cannot know to be true ; such , for instance , are in many cases our views of the motives of others . There are many other things which may be probable , and we may be convinced that they are so ...
... true . Many things which men assert they cannot know to be true ; such , for instance , are in many cases our views of the motives of others . There are many other things which may be probable , and we may be convinced that they are so ...
270. oldal
... true . Whatever is a matter of probability we may utter as a matter of probability ; whatever is a matter of opinion , we may state as a matter of opinion . If we convey to another a conception as true , of which we have only the ...
... true . Whatever is a matter of probability we may utter as a matter of probability ; whatever is a matter of opinion , we may state as a matter of opinion . If we convey to another a conception as true , of which we have only the ...
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