Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of EthicsHoughton Mifflin, 1921 - 455 páginas This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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... bring happiness somewhere ? Is there anything better than morality ? PART III . PERSONAL MORALITY CHAPTER XV . HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY What is the moral importance of health ? Can we attain to greater health and efficiency ? Is continued ...
... bring happiness somewhere ? Is there anything better than morality ? PART III . PERSONAL MORALITY CHAPTER XV . HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY What is the moral importance of health ? Can we attain to greater health and efficiency ? Is continued ...
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... brings in its train , the satisfac tion which follows a moral act , are remembered , and recur with the recurrence of a similar situation , becoming perhaps the decisive factors in steering the animal or man toward his true welfare ...
... brings in its train , the satisfac tion which follows a moral act , are remembered , and recur with the recurrence of a similar situation , becoming perhaps the decisive factors in steering the animal or man toward his true welfare ...
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... brings pressure to bear upon the individual and influences his moral development . ( 1 ) It needs no great powers of observation to convince the members of a tribe severally that immorality of any sort laziness , cowardice ...
... brings pressure to bear upon the individual and influences his moral development . ( 1 ) It needs no great powers of observation to convince the members of a tribe severally that immorality of any sort laziness , cowardice ...
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... brings the awe of the supernatural to bear upon daily conduct . The worship of the gods is one of the most important of the common activities , covered by the preceding paragraph , which make for the unifying of a tribe ; and the sense ...
... brings the awe of the supernatural to bear upon daily conduct . The worship of the gods is one of the most important of the common activities , covered by the preceding paragraph , which make for the unifying of a tribe ; and the sense ...
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... bring about local alterations in morals . The momentary dominance of an impulse ordinarily weak , the whim of a ruler , the self - interest of classes , superstitious interpretation of omens , the attribution of some success to a prior ...
... bring about local alterations in morals . The momentary dominance of an impulse ordinarily weak , the whim of a ruler , the self - interest of classes , superstitious interpretation of omens , the attribution of some success to a prior ...
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Página 293 - Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
Página 18 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Página 102 - Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature.
Página 187 - If the poor and humble toil that we have Food, must not the high and glorious toil for him in return, that he have Light, have Guidance, Freedom, Immortality? These two in all their degrees, I honour : all else is chaff and dust, which let the wind blow whither it listeth.
Página 162 - Whatever power such a being may have over me, there is one thing which he shall not do : he shall not compel me to worship him. I will call no being good, who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow-creatures ; and if such a being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go.
Página 252 - But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" JOHNSON. " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a...
Página 158 - ... and a lady-killer, as well as a philosopher; a philanthropist, statesman, warrior, and African explorer, as well as a ' tone-poet ' and saint. But the thing is simply impossible. The millionaire's work would run counter to the saint's; the...
Página 284 - With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern.
Página 311 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea. I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known, - cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Página 285 - Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain.