Christian Ethics in the World WarAssociation Press, 1918 - 192 страница |
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... matters ; concentrating directly on the main problems which disturb the Christian conscience as it struggles to live in a darkened world . As the substance of this book was given in the form of lectures to students in Christian Ethics ...
... matters ; concentrating directly on the main problems which disturb the Christian conscience as it struggles to live in a darkened world . As the substance of this book was given in the form of lectures to students in Christian Ethics ...
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... matter in its final form , as a problem in Christian Ethics , and that is the question which it is proposed to dis- cuss in the following pages as frankly and yet as briefly as possible . 2. There are three classes of people for whom ...
... matter in its final form , as a problem in Christian Ethics , and that is the question which it is proposed to dis- cuss in the following pages as frankly and yet as briefly as possible . 2. There are three classes of people for whom ...
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... matters of national concern and defence , and consequently their pro- fessional soldiers , ready and eager always for the fray . Many earnest men and women saw and felt that this was wrong . They contrasted the situa- tion with the ...
... matters of national concern and defence , and consequently their pro- fessional soldiers , ready and eager always for the fray . Many earnest men and women saw and felt that this was wrong . They contrasted the situa- tion with the ...
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... matter , but may help the reader himself , if I say that I who write at one time occupied this position . In boyhood I was brought directly and indirectly under powerful and gracious Quaker influence . In young manhood I gave much ...
... matter , but may help the reader himself , if I say that I who write at one time occupied this position . In boyhood I was brought directly and indirectly under powerful and gracious Quaker influence . In young manhood I gave much ...
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... matters must be reconsidered . 3. First , war must be considered as a function of national government . The ordinary puzzle put to pacifists , " What would you do if a man assaulted you ? " is irrelevant . Even the further question ...
... matters must be reconsidered . 3. First , war must be considered as a function of national government . The ordinary puzzle put to pacifists , " What would you do if a man assaulted you ? " is irrelevant . Even the further question ...
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America appeal army authority autocracy Belgium Bernhardi blessings Bluntschli British Cæsar capital punishment carried character cherish Christ Christian Ethics Church citizens civilization command communities of Christ conquered conscience created crime criminals deal divine doctrine duty enemies Ernst Troeltsch essential evil exercise existence fact fight force France freedom fulfilment functions German Empire German Government heart Hegel honor human nature ideals individual influence institution invaded Jesus John Mackenzie justice Kaiser killing leaders league of nations Literal obedience live maintain manifest Maximilian Harden means ment military mind moral order murder nation numbers obligation organization pacifist peace penalties political principles proved punishment question race relation religion religious rest Roman rulers Russia sacrifice secure seek Sermon Sir Gilbert Murray social soldiers South Africa spirit supreme task taxicab territory theory Thomas Hodgkin thought tion true utterances victory words wrong
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Страница 164 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.
Страница 88 - Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil, but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man would go to law with thee and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.
Страница 173 - Just because we fight without rancor and without selfish object, seeking nothing for ourselves but what we shall wish to share with all free peoples, we shall, I feel confident, conduct our operations as belligerents without passion and ourselves observe with proud punctilio the principles of right and of fair play we profess to be fighting for.
Страница 155 - While we do these things, these deeply momentous things, let us be very clear, and make very clear to all the world what our motives and our objects are. My own thought has not been driven from its habitual and normal course by the unhappy events of the last two months, and I do not believe that the thought of the nation has been altered or clouded by them.
Страница 155 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
Страница 68 - Might is at once the supreme right, and the dispute as to what is right is decided by the arbitrament of war.
Страница 156 - Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth ensure the observance of those principles.
Страница 179 - Labor party stands for increased study, for the scientific investigation of each succeeding problem, for the deliberate organization of research, and for a much more rapid dissemination among the whole people of all the science that exists.
Страница 175 - In the last sentence quoted, the idea of the writer that the "universal empire" will have a federal organization, is brought out, but, since he gives the state precedence of sovereignty, he could not logically consider World Sovereignty as existing until the World State is in esse. Accepting...