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... duty , or the feeling of moral obligation . I am bound to act with justice and benevolence ; I ought to do right and to follow after truth . This sense of obligation , this recog- nition of an absolute and rightful command , having ...
... duty , or the feeling of moral obligation . I am bound to act with justice and benevolence ; I ought to do right and to follow after truth . This sense of obligation , this recog- nition of an absolute and rightful command , having ...
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... duty ? — why ought I to perform it ? is no more than this : - - Prove to me that it is a duty ; only place it before me in so clear a light that my conscience shall recognize and approve it , and I ask for no higher sanction . The ...
... duty ? — why ought I to perform it ? is no more than this : - - Prove to me that it is a duty ; only place it before me in so clear a light that my conscience shall recognize and approve it , and I ask for no higher sanction . The ...
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... duty mean , though he may not heed them in his conduct . The uninstructed or perverted understanding may apply them wrongfully ; but , however applied , their obligatory or binding character is always recognized . The idea of duty or ...
... duty mean , though he may not heed them in his conduct . The uninstructed or perverted understanding may apply them wrongfully ; but , however applied , their obligatory or binding character is always recognized . The idea of duty or ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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