American Ethics: A Source Book from Edwards to DeweyUniversity Press of America, 2000 - 501 Seiten American Ethics: A Source Book From Edwards to Dewey presents a rich collection of 70 source readings in American Ethics from the early Puritans and their foremost spokesman Jonathan Edwards to the mid-twentieth century, the time of John Dewey's pragmatism and naturalism. Ethics has both a theoretical and practical interest, relating it directly to politics, religion, economics, science, and in fact all aspects of culture or social life. |
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... Puritan attempt to create a holy commonwealth . Some Massachusetts Quakers were imprisoned and executed for their ... Puritan ethics can be found in the writings of Anne Bradstreet . Her Meditations of 1664 show an amazing ability to ...
... Puritan attempt to create a holy commonwealth . Some Massachusetts Quakers were imprisoned and executed for their ... Puritan ethics can be found in the writings of Anne Bradstreet . Her Meditations of 1664 show an amazing ability to ...
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... Puritan doctrines concerning predestination and man's innate sinfulness . In 1755 Edwards published what is clearly the classic statement of Puritan ethics in The Nature of True Virtue . By this time , despite a number of revivals , New ...
... Puritan doctrines concerning predestination and man's innate sinfulness . In 1755 Edwards published what is clearly the classic statement of Puritan ethics in The Nature of True Virtue . By this time , despite a number of revivals , New ...
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... Puritans . Still in her regard to pass on something of value to her son , she shows an awareness of difficulties in life , an awareness laced with Puritan stoicism . Reading these Meditations , there is little recourse from the ...
... Puritans . Still in her regard to pass on something of value to her son , she shows an awareness of difficulties in life , an awareness laced with Puritan stoicism . Reading these Meditations , there is little recourse from the ...
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Preface XV | 6 |
William Penn | 12 |
Jonathan Edwards | 25 |
Urheberrecht | |
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