 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 Seiten
...somewhat different from this, but the difference is 1 think only apparent. He says : ' The motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent,' and he afterwards explains this last statement by saying that the ' motive makes a great difference... | |
 | 1861 - 882 Seiten
...inasmuch as utilitarian moralists have gone beyond almost all others in affirming that the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellow 1861.] [October, creature from drowning does what ia morally right, whether liis motive be duty,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 120 Seiten
...inasmuch as utilitarian moralists have gone beyond almost all others in affirming that the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty, or the hope of... | |
 | Emily Faithfull - 1863 - 592 Seiten
...assertion creates is not diminished when we consider the illustration which Mr. Mill subjoins to it. " He who saves a fellowcreature from drowning, does what is morally right, whether his motive * Take for an example the manner in which St. Peter and St. Paul were taught that the Gospel was to... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 108 Seiten
...inasmuch as utilitarian moralists have gone beyond almost all others in affirming that the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty, or the hope of... | |
 | James McCosh - 1866 - 424 Seiten
...Mill is too wise a man to make beneficial tendency a test of excellence in the agent. " The motive has nothing to do with the morality of the , action, though much with the worth of the agent." He tells us that it is a misapprehension of the utilitarian mode of thought to conceive it as implying... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...somewhat different from this, but the difference is 1 think only apparent. He says : ' The motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent,' and he afterwards explains this last statement by saying that the ' motive makes a great difference... | |
 | John Grote - 1870 - 396 Seiten
...moralists, as compared with others, the praise of having taken special care to maintain that the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent. J 1 , j.1. J Jl/J f tarianism I will ask the reader to bear this in mind for a W in his short time... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1871 - 136 Seiten
...gone beyond almost all others in affirming that the motive has nothing to-do with the morality of thT action, though much with the worth of the agent. ' He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty, or the hope of... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1873 - 320 Seiten
...gone beyond all others in affirming that the motive has nothing to do with the morality of an action He who saves a fellowcreature from drowning does what...be duty or the hope of being paid for his trouble.' Upon which I would observe, in passing, mising opponents of capital punishment. Most others will be... | |
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... the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action, though much with the worth of the agent. 
