The Elements of Moral ScienceCooke and Company, 1835 - 448 pagina's "This book presents to the public a new treatise upon moral science and moral philosophy. Being designed for the purposes of instruction, its aim is, to be simple, clear, and purely didactic. I have rarely gone into extended discussion, but have contented myself with the attempt to state the moral law, and the reason of it, in as few and as comprehensive terms as possible"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Pagina 7
... means necessary to accomplish it . An action is something done ; that is , some change effected . But man effects change only by means of stated antecedents . An action , therefore , in such a being , supposes some change in view , and ...
... means necessary to accomplish it . An action is something done ; that is , some change effected . But man effects change only by means of stated antecedents . An action , therefore , in such a being , supposes some change in view , and ...
Pagina 8
... means to an end , and voluntarily put forth the power neces- sary for the accomplishment of that end ? Do they not manifestly design to injure us , and select the most appro- priate means for effecting their purpose ? And can we not ...
... means to an end , and voluntarily put forth the power neces- sary for the accomplishment of that end ? Do they not manifestly design to injure us , and select the most appro- priate means for effecting their purpose ? And can we not ...
Pagina 10
... means as may improve his moral nature . Hence , all modes of punishment , which treat men as we treat brutes , are as unphilosophical as they are thoughtless , cruel , and vindictive . Such are , systems of criminal jurisprudence ...
... means as may improve his moral nature . Hence , all modes of punishment , which treat men as we treat brutes , are as unphilosophical as they are thoughtless , cruel , and vindictive . Such are , systems of criminal jurisprudence ...
Pagina 20
... means proved , that an action is right because it is productive of the greatest amount of hap- piness , if we mean by it , that the one idea is the stated antecedent to the other , in our conceptions . Sup- But let us take the other ...
... means proved , that an action is right because it is productive of the greatest amount of hap- piness , if we mean by it , that the one idea is the stated antecedent to the other , in our conceptions . Sup- But let us take the other ...
Pagina 23
... means of ascertaining . As , there- fore , the one quantity , so to speak , is fixed , that is , is as great as it can be , while we do not certainly know that the other is as great as it can be , we cannot affirm that right and the ...
... means of ascertaining . As , there- fore , the one quantity , so to speak , is fixed , that is , is as great as it can be , while we do not certainly know that the other is as great as it can be , we cannot affirm that right and the ...
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Elements of Moral Science: Abridged, and Adapted to the Use of Schools and ... Francis Wayland Volledige weergave - 1848 |
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action adultery affection amount of happiness arise asserted become benevolence bound BROWN UNIVERSITY CHAPTER character child civil society command concubinage condition conscience consequences consider constitution contract course of conduct created Creator crime cultivation derived desire duty evident evil exercise existence fact faculty feeling FRANCIS WAYLAND gratification greatest amount guilty Hence human impulse Inasmuch individual inflict injury innocent intellectual intended interfere knowledge labor law of chastity liberty limit manifest manifestly manner marriage means of happiness mode moral character moral constitution moral law moral obligation moral quality motives nations natural religion neighbor obedience obey object observed Old Testament ourselves pain parent party passion person pleasure prayer precept present principle produce punishment reason relation remarked render respect result revelation right of property Sabbath Scriptures self-love slavery spect suppose teach tendency thing tion truth universal unless vidual violation virtue whole wicked wrong
Populaire passages
Pagina 162 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Pagina 181 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Pagina 333 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Pagina 351 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Pagina 54 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Pagina 93 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Pagina x - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Pagina 171 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him...
Pagina 404 - I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Pagina 76 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.