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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... soul ; it is destructive in its nature ; and if God should leave it without restraint , there would need nothing else to make the soul perfectly miserable . The corruption of the heart of man is immoderate and boundless in its fury ...
... soul ; it is destructive in its nature ; and if God should leave it without restraint , there would need nothing else to make the soul perfectly miserable . The corruption of the heart of man is immoderate and boundless in its fury ...
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... soul of Fate is the soul of us , as Hafiz sings , Alas ! till now I had not known , My guide and fortune's guide are one . All the toys that infatuate men , and which they play for , -houses , land , money , luxury , power , fame , are ...
... soul of Fate is the soul of us , as Hafiz sings , Alas ! till now I had not known , My guide and fortune's guide are one . All the toys that infatuate men , and which they play for , -houses , land , money , luxury , power , fame , are ...
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... soul of any patriotism , and the possibility of violent death the soul of all romance . The militarily - patriotic and the romantic - minded every- where , and especially the professional military class , refuse to admit for a mo- ment ...
... soul of any patriotism , and the possibility of violent death the soul of all romance . The militarily - patriotic and the romantic - minded every- where , and especially the professional military class , refuse to admit for a mo- ment ...
Inhalt
Preface XV | 6 |
William Penn | 12 |
Jonathan Edwards | 25 |
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