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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... stands on such slippery declining ground , on the edge of a pit , he cannot stand alone , when he is let go he immediately falls and is lost . The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this .— “ There is nothing ...
... stands on such slippery declining ground , on the edge of a pit , he cannot stand alone , when he is let go he immediately falls and is lost . The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this .— “ There is nothing ...
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... stands against them ; so that they are bound over already to hell . John iii . 18. " He that believeth not is condemned already . " So that every unconverted man properly belongs to hell ; that is his place ; from thence he is , John ...
... stands against them ; so that they are bound over already to hell . John iii . 18. " He that believeth not is condemned already . " So that every unconverted man properly belongs to hell ; that is his place ; from thence he is , John ...
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... stands . For example , it is invalid to argue that Croesus is rich because he is wealthy . Such arguments are , however , not intended to be taken strictly as they stand . They are enthymemes and contain a suppressed premise . And ...
... stands . For example , it is invalid to argue that Croesus is rich because he is wealthy . Such arguments are , however , not intended to be taken strictly as they stand . They are enthymemes and contain a suppressed premise . And ...
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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