Theory of Morals: An Inquiry Concerning the Law of Moral Distinctions and the Variations and Contradictions of Ethical Codes |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page vi
... rise , · 46. Examination of the Selfish Theory , 31 32 47. Corrected Statement of the Law of Human Action , 48. Scholastic Notion of Happiness inconsistent with Facts , 34 49. True Sense of the Word Happiness as descriptive of what is ...
... rise , · 46. Examination of the Selfish Theory , 31 32 47. Corrected Statement of the Law of Human Action , 48. Scholastic Notion of Happiness inconsistent with Facts , 34 49. True Sense of the Word Happiness as descriptive of what is ...
Page 6
... rise to such a pitch as to make men wholly regardless of moral distinctions . As has been already stated , virtuous conduct is doubtless one source of enjoyment , and vicious con- duct one source of suffering . Yet it is evident that no ...
... rise to such a pitch as to make men wholly regardless of moral distinctions . As has been already stated , virtuous conduct is doubtless one source of enjoyment , and vicious con- duct one source of suffering . Yet it is evident that no ...
Page 19
... rise , terminated with the individual , there would be no more moral guilt in it , than there is in the indul- gence of a taste for music or poetry . But , not only does intoxication , while it lasts , disorder the under- standing ...
... rise , terminated with the individual , there would be no more moral guilt in it , than there is in the indul- gence of a taste for music or poetry . But , not only does intoxication , while it lasts , disorder the under- standing ...
Page 30
... rise and progress of which we proceed to trace . A very cursory observation of mankind , and a very slight degree of attention to the motives of our own conduct , are sufficient to lead to the discovery , that human action consists in ...
... rise and progress of which we proceed to trace . A very cursory observation of mankind , and a very slight degree of attention to the motives of our own conduct , are sufficient to lead to the discovery , that human action consists in ...
Page 34
... rise to the very highest pitch of which human nature is capa- ble ; for it is to be observed , that both pleasures and pains have a certain limit , beyond which they can- not be carried without putting an end to life . 48. By the word ...
... rise to the very highest pitch of which human nature is capa- ble ; for it is to be observed , that both pleasures and pains have a certain limit , beyond which they can- not be carried without putting an end to life . 48. By the word ...
Contents
1 | |
4 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
13 | |
16 | |
19 | |
20 | |
23 | |
24 | |
26 | |
27 | |
32 | |
36 | |
38 | |
48 | |
51 | |
54 | |
57 | |
60 | |
63 | |
69 | |
72 | |
75 | |
78 | |
83 | |
84 | |
90 | |
96 | |
100 | |
106 | |
107 | |
109 | |
115 | |
122 | |
129 | |
135 | |
137 | |
138 | |
140 | |
141 | |
142 | |
144 | |
158 | |
159 | |
160 | |
161 | |
162 | |
163 | |
164 | |
165 | |
166 | |
176 | |
185 | |
189 | |
197 | |
204 | |
211 | |
215 | |
216 | |
217 | |
218 | |
220 | |
221 | |
222 | |
223 | |
224 | |
225 | |
227 | |
228 | |
229 | |
230 | |
231 | |
233 | |
240 | |
246 | |
252 | |
257 | |
263 | |
269 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actions beneficial actor acts admiration Arminian become beneficial actions benefit Bentham called capital punishments cause codes conceptive faculty confer deity desire of superiority distinct doctrine duty Epicureans evil excited existence fact feeling force of moral fortitude give happiness Helvetius Hence Hobbes homicide human action human nature idea impelled individual inflict pain influence injury irresistible grace Jansenists laws lence love of superiority ment moral character moral obligation moral pain moral sentiment moralists mystic hypothesis objects olence opinion ordinary virtue origin ourselves pain of inferiority pains and desires pains and pleasures pains of benevolence pains of desire party Pelagian perceiving perception performance persons Platonic Love pleas pleasures and pains practical morals produce punishment pure reason regarded self-interest selfish theory sense sensibility sensitive sentiment of benevolence sentiment of malevolence simple pains society Stoics supposed systems of morals tend theory of morals thing tion total depravity utility virtuous word
Popular passages
Page 140 - If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not ; Let not the royal bed of Denmark be A couch for luxury and damned incest.
Page 214 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Page 78 - She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest ; And when she sees her friend in...
Page 138 - And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 111 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 139 - To sleep ! perchance to dream; ay, there 's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There 's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 217 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Page 199 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page i - For to say, that a blind custom of obedience should be a surer obligation, than duty taught and understood; it is to affirm, that a blind man may tread surer by a guide, than a seeing man can by a light.
Page 40 - As was her sister; whether dread did dwell Or anguish in her hart, is hard to tell: Upon her arme a silver anchor lay, Whereon she leaned ever, as befell : And ever up to heaven, as she did pray, Her stedfast eyes were bent, ne swarved other way.