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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... gives so much majesty and dignity to the histories of Greece and Rome . In opposition to this , I hope to be able to ... give it real value as a moral virtue ; thirdly , show that it shines with the most perfect brightness as a Christian ...
... gives so much majesty and dignity to the histories of Greece and Rome . In opposition to this , I hope to be able to ... give it real value as a moral virtue ; thirdly , show that it shines with the most perfect brightness as a Christian ...
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... give me more than four shillings a pound . " " No , " says he , " I cannot give you so much ; I cannot give more than three shillings and sixpence . " I then spoke to several other dealers , but they all sung the same song , three and ...
... give me more than four shillings a pound . " " No , " says he , " I cannot give you so much ; I cannot give more than three shillings and sixpence . " I then spoke to several other dealers , but they all sung the same song , three and ...
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... give the state a larger and cheaper supply of teachers for the free public schools . . . . In spite of their poverty in education , however , the women of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth centuries made some good ...
... give the state a larger and cheaper supply of teachers for the free public schools . . . . In spite of their poverty in education , however , the women of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth centuries made some good ...
Inhalt
Preface | 6 |
5 | 12 |
Germantown Friends | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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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