The Philosophy of Morals: An Investigation by a New and Extended Analysis of the Faculties and the Standards Employed in the Determination of Right and Wrong, Illustrative of the Principles of Theology, Jurisprudence, and General Politics, Volumen1Smith, Elder, 1835 |
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... to say , if I rightly understand Dr. Brown's meaning , that when a man , intending to do evil , actually does good if we call the man bad , the action of good , we merely mean that another agent who the Notion of an Action in Morals . 11.
... to say , if I rightly understand Dr. Brown's meaning , that when a man , intending to do evil , actually does good if we call the man bad , the action of good , we merely mean that another agent who the Notion of an Action in Morals . 11.
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... evil , our respect for the purity of his intention does not prevent us from at once despising his incapacity and sincerely regret- ting the event ; so when a man meaning to do evil , actually does good , our reprobation of his purpose ...
... evil , our respect for the purity of his intention does not prevent us from at once despising his incapacity and sincerely regret- ting the event ; so when a man meaning to do evil , actually does good , our reprobation of his purpose ...
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... evil in the highest degree , though it expressed nothing but depraved moral faculties , or an absurd approbation of this horrid action , as of what was noble , magnanimous , and great . So far from regarding such a construction of mind ...
... evil in the highest degree , though it expressed nothing but depraved moral faculties , or an absurd approbation of this horrid action , as of what was noble , magnanimous , and great . So far from regarding such a construction of mind ...
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... evil are derived from positive law , whether human or divine , Dr. H. observes , that " it must first be supposed that there is something in actions which is apprehended absolutely good , and this is benevolence , or a tendency to the ...
... evil are derived from positive law , whether human or divine , Dr. H. observes , that " it must first be supposed that there is something in actions which is apprehended absolutely good , and this is benevolence , or a tendency to the ...
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... evil , to our idea of his desert , as something totally different from any mere feeling or affection we can entertain in re- VOL . I. G - - gard to him . No mere feeling with which we are only Emotions , inadequate to explain Phenomena .
... evil , to our idea of his desert , as something totally different from any mere feeling or affection we can entertain in re- VOL . I. G - - gard to him . No mere feeling with which we are only Emotions , inadequate to explain Phenomena .
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