Theory of Morals: An Inquiry Concerning the Law of Moral Distinctions and the Variations and Contradictions of Ethical Codes |
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... sometimes used , but an event happening by the agency of some being having a power of voluntary or sponta- neous action . We must even limit the word still further , so as to include only the actions of beings capable of perceiving ...
... sometimes used , but an event happening by the agency of some being having a power of voluntary or sponta- neous action . We must even limit the word still further , so as to include only the actions of beings capable of perceiving ...
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... sometimes with principal reference to the one ; sometimes with principal reference to the * * The epithets right and wrong are confined entirely to actions ; the epithets virtuous and vicious are applicable to actors as well as to ...
... sometimes with principal reference to the one ; sometimes with principal reference to the * * The epithets right and wrong are confined entirely to actions ; the epithets virtuous and vicious are applicable to actors as well as to ...
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... sometimes with equal reference to both . The epithets good and bad , and the corresponding sub- stantives good and evil , when used alone , without the qualifying term , morally , have their significa- tion greatly enlarged . The word ...
... sometimes with equal reference to both . The epithets good and bad , and the corresponding sub- stantives good and evil , when used alone , without the qualifying term , morally , have their significa- tion greatly enlarged . The word ...
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... sometimes by oral , and sometimes by written tradition ; sometimes they are handed down for ages almost unchanged ; some- times they are gradually and imperceptibly modifi- ed ; and sometimes they undergo very sudden and very violent ...
... sometimes by oral , and sometimes by written tradition ; sometimes they are handed down for ages almost unchanged ; some- times they are gradually and imperceptibly modifi- ed ; and sometimes they undergo very sudden and very violent ...
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... sometimes the most positive contradictions . It is the existence of these discrepancies and con- tradictions , it is the disputes which are constantly arising in every inquisitive and progressive society , upon certain points of the ...
... sometimes the most positive contradictions . It is the existence of these discrepancies and con- tradictions , it is the disputes which are constantly arising in every inquisitive and progressive society , upon certain points of the ...
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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
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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.
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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.