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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... True Virtue . By this time , despite a number of revivals , New England Puritanism was already in decline . Edwards ' approach is both uncom- promising and at the same time polemical , attempting to refute alternative views . He insists ...
... True Virtue . By this time , despite a number of revivals , New England Puritanism was already in decline . Edwards ' approach is both uncom- promising and at the same time polemical , attempting to refute alternative views . He insists ...
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... true virtue ? This is the same as to enquire what that is which renders any habit , disposition , or exercise of the heart truly beautiful ? I use the phrase true virtue , and speak of things truly beautiful , because I sup- pose it ...
... true virtue ? This is the same as to enquire what that is which renders any habit , disposition , or exercise of the heart truly beautiful ? I use the phrase true virtue , and speak of things truly beautiful , because I sup- pose it ...
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... true virtue . Another reason why these natural principles and affections are mistaken for true virtue is that in several respects they have the same effect which true virtue tends to ; especially in these two ways : 1. The present state ...
... true virtue . Another reason why these natural principles and affections are mistaken for true virtue is that in several respects they have the same effect which true virtue tends to ; especially in these two ways : 1. The present state ...
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