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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... action is suspended . A person who does not have his mind made up , does not know what to do . Consequently he postpones definite action so far as possible . His position may be compared to that of a man considering jumping across a ...
... action is suspended . A person who does not have his mind made up , does not know what to do . Consequently he postpones definite action so far as possible . His position may be compared to that of a man considering jumping across a ...
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... action . We cannot understand what knowledge is , except in relation to its function in guiding action . " Such considerations but serve to emphasize the essential rela- tions between the knowledge we seek of objective facts , the ...
... action . We cannot understand what knowledge is , except in relation to its function in guiding action . " Such considerations but serve to emphasize the essential rela- tions between the knowledge we seek of objective facts , the ...
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... action . If verification does not of itself and neces- sarily imply action , at least it is only where what is apprehended is conditional upon action that knowledge could be other than futile . A predicted future which should follow ...
... action . If verification does not of itself and neces- sarily imply action , at least it is only where what is apprehended is conditional upon action that knowledge could be other than futile . A predicted future which should follow ...
Inhalt
Preface | 6 |
5 | 12 |
Germantown Friends | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absolute action American Anne Bradstreet argument beauty believe benevolence called cause character Christian civil consciousness consequences Cotton Mather Declaration definist fallacy Devil Dewey divine divine grace doctrine Emerson Enlightenment eternal ethics evil existence experience expression fact faith Fate following selection freedom give God's grace hand hath heart hell human idea ideal Indian individual intellectual intelligence interest James Jefferson John Dewey Jonathan Edwards Josiah Royce justice live loyalty magnanimity mankind means mind moral nation natural rights naturalistic fallacy never object opinions original sin persons philosophy political practical pragmatism present principle problem Puritan question race reason religion religious Royce sense slavery slaves social society soul spirit tendency things Thomas Paine thought tion Transcendentalism Transcendentalist true virtue truth universe virtuous whole William William Ellery Channing William Penn woman women words