I conceive it to be the business of Moral Science to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to... The Fortnightly Review - Seite 4201871 - 28 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Herbert Spencer - 1884 - 156 Seiten
...constitution of things ; " and it is " the business of Moral Science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kinds of action necessarily...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness."* Current utilitarian speculation, like current practical politics, shows inadequate consciousness of... | |
| 1884 - 946 Seiten
...constitution of things ;" and it is " the business of Moral Science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kinds of action necessarily...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness." * Current utilitarian speculation, like current practical politics, shows inadequate consciousness... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1885 - 68 Seiten
...things ; and I conceive it to be the business of Moral Science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kinds of action necessarily...unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct ; and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness... | |
| William Ritchie Sorley - 1885 - 348 Seiten
...the nature of things, causally determine welfare."1 Having deduced " from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness," we are to recognise these deductions "as laws of conduct . . . irrespective of a direct estimation... | |
| 1886 - 436 Seiten
...Spencer says, " I conceive it to be the business of Moral Science to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness." (DE, § 21.) But if there be necessity in any part of his system of morality it is in every part ;... | |
| William Leonard Courtney - 1886 - 406 Seiten
...deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily tends to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct, and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness... | |
| William Leonard Courtney - 1886 - 384 Seiten
...deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily tends to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct, and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness... | |
| Jacob Gould Schurman - 1887 - 292 Seiten
...pleasure. He holds it " to be the business of moral science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kinds of action necessarily...unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct." But that moral rules have no other foundation than their felicific... | |
| James McCosh - 1887 - 348 Seiten
...however, "I conceive it to be the business of moral science to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily...unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct " (Dat. Mh., 57). "We will look forward with interest to his promised... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1887 - 154 Seiten
...observed results of conduct, and completely attainable only by deducing, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kinds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness, other maxim of justice, so this is by no means applied or held applicable universally ; on the contrary,... | |
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