Notes Expository and Critical on Certain British Theories of MoralsEdmonston & Douglas, 1868 - 156 страница |
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... active exercise of esteem or benevolence , although it might induce us to simu- late these affections . We conclude that self - interest , in none of its forms , can lead us to that love of others which is expressed by Esteem and ...
... active exercise of esteem or benevolence , although it might induce us to simu- late these affections . We conclude that self - interest , in none of its forms , can lead us to that love of others which is expressed by Esteem and ...
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... active desire , or of the election of it by the will as a motive force . Having discussed the subjects of a Moral Sense and the Motives to Virtuous action , Hutcheson next proceeds to inquire what common quality is found to be the ...
... active desire , or of the election of it by the will as a motive force . Having discussed the subjects of a Moral Sense and the Motives to Virtuous action , Hutcheson next proceeds to inquire what common quality is found to be the ...
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... active sentiment of good - will , which is the object of approbation to the Moral Sense when it contemplates moral agents , it follows that the virtue of an act is a measurable quantity , and is measured by the quantity of happiness ...
... active sentiment of good - will , which is the object of approbation to the Moral Sense when it contemplates moral agents , it follows that the virtue of an act is a measurable quantity , and is measured by the quantity of happiness ...
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... active love of others did not itself constitute the very notion of beneficence . It was reserved to Butler to make a great advance beyond Hutcheson , and this advance would have been secured had he done nothing else than point out that ...
... active love of others did not itself constitute the very notion of beneficence . It was reserved to Butler to make a great advance beyond Hutcheson , and this advance would have been secured had he done nothing else than point out that ...
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... In that discourse , which is characterized by much subtlety and eloquence , the system of Paley is translated out of prose into poetry . receptive as well as active nature , accepts these modifying 98 Mr. Mill . JOHN STUART MILL, 98.
... In that discourse , which is characterized by much subtlety and eloquence , the system of Paley is translated out of prose into poetry . receptive as well as active nature , accepts these modifying 98 Mr. Mill . JOHN STUART MILL, 98.
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ab extra according accordingly admit approve argument Aristotle authority Bain Bain's benevolence Bentham Benthamite Bishop Butler Butler called character conduct Conscience consequences constitution creature criterion of rightness David Hume defects Deontology desire discerning discriminating doctrine duty endeavouring ends and obligations energizing ethical eudæmonism evil exposition external sanctions faculty feeling felicity follows force good-will Greatest Happiness greatest number human Hutcheson inner instinct interest Intuitionalism Justice kind LORD SHAFTESBURY means ment Mill Mill's mind monism Moral Philosophy Moral Sense motive natural affection ness New-utilitarianism Notes on Paley notion object obligatory opinion ourselves passions pathy perception Pleasures and Pains primary morality Principle of Reflection quantity question rational rational agents regard Right and Wrong self-interest self-regarding selfish selfism senti sentiment Shaftesbury social society standard subjective superior supreme tarianism theory of obligation tion tive true truth ultimate utilitarian utility vidual Virtue whole Woolaston
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Страница 77 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Страница 2 - Sudden glory' is the passion which maketh those 'grimaces' called 'laughter'; and is caused either by some sudden act of their own that pleaseth them, or by the apprehension of some deformed thing in another by comparison whereof they suddenly applaud themselves.
Страница 4 - For moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conversation, and society of mankind. Good, and evil, are names that signify our appetites, and aversions; which in different tempers, customs, and doctrines of men, are different...
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Страница 101 - But there is no known Epicurean theory of life which does not assign to the pleasures of the intellect, of the feelings and imagination, and of the moral sentiments, a much higher value as pleasures than to those of mere sensation. It must be admitted...
Страница 107 - I must again repeat, what the assailants of utilitarianism seldom have the justice to acknowledge, that the happiness which forms the utilitarian standard of what is right in conduct is not the agent's own happiness, but that of all concerned; as, between his own happiness and that of others, utilitarianism requires him to be as strictly impartial as a disinterested and benevolent spectator.
Страница 61 - ... you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itself : and to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it has right ; had it power, as it has manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world.
Страница 1 - But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good, and the object of his hate and aversion, evil, aud of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable.
Страница 116 - This firm foundation is that of the social feelings of mankind; the desire to be in unity with our fellow-creatures, which is already a powerful principle in human nature, and happily one of those which tend to become stronger even without express inculcation, from the influences of advancing civilization.