The Elements of Ethics: An Introduction to Moral PhilosophyC. Scribner's sons, 1892 - 239 Seiten |
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action already Aristotle ASITY Balliol College Book called chapter character CHIG circumstances conceived conception conduct conscience consciousness criticism Cyrenaics defined Dewey difficulty distinction doctrine duty egoistic element empirical environment Epicureans evolution evolutionary ethics explain external fact feeling FMIC foll further habits hand happiness Hedonism Hedonistic Hence higher human idea ideal illustration implied individual instincts interpretation INTUITIONALISM involve J. S. Mill latter Leslie Stephen means ment merely moral judgment moral law moral order motive nation nature object of desire organically related organisation pain particular philosophy Plato pleasure theory political progress Proleg psychological Hedonism question realisation reason recognised reference RSITY satisfaction science of ethics seen sense SITY social society stage standard of moral Stoicism summum bonum T. H. Green thought tion Trinity College true truth UNIV universal Utilitarianism virtue whole words
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Seite 165 - It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are 135 living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Seite 165 - Subordinate contracts, for objects of mere occasional interest, may be dissolved at pleasure; but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, callico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.
Seite 101 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Seite 119 - ... so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
Seite 234 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets : wherefore ye witness to yourselves that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
Seite 136 - That all particular appetites and passions are towards external things themselves, distinct from the pleasure arising from them, is manifested from hence, that there could not be this pleasure, were it not for that prior suitableness between the object and the passion...
Seite iv - Britain has been partly due to the combination of scientific treatment with popularity, and to the union of simplicity with thoroughness. This movement, however, can only reach those resident in the larger centres of population, while all over the country there are thoughtful persons who desire the same kind of teaching. It is for them also that this Series is designed. Its aim is to supply the general reader with the same kind of teaching as is given in the Lectures...
Seite 24 - God does and does not will, the old question arises whether something is good simply because God wills it or does God will it because it is good?
Seite 104 - No reason can be given why the general happiness is desirable, except that each person, so far as he believes it to be attainable, desires his own happiness. This, however, being a fact, we have not only all the proof which the case admits of, but all which it is possible to require, that happiness is a good : that each person's happiness is a good to that person, and the general happiness...
Seite 217 - Out of what is in itself an undistinguishable, swarming continuum, devoid of distinction or emphasis, our senses make for us, by attending to this motion and ignoring that, a world full of contrasts, of sharp accents, of abrupt changes, of picturesque light and shade.