The Philosophy of Morals: An Investigation, Volumen1Smith, Elder and Company, 1835 |
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... determines it to be so , and our moral sense determines justly , because it deter- mines benevolence to be morally excellent ! Is not this very satisfactory ? Let any argument employed * by the supporters of a moral sense , to * Dr. T ...
... determines it to be so , and our moral sense determines justly , because it deter- mines benevolence to be morally excellent ! Is not this very satisfactory ? Let any argument employed * by the supporters of a moral sense , to * Dr. T ...
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... determines us to approve the actions which flow from this love in ourselves or others . " May we not gather from this , that a virtuous agent may exist without a moral sense at all ? and that the inferior animals , in acting , as they ...
... determines us to approve the actions which flow from this love in ourselves or others . " May we not gather from this , that a virtuous agent may exist without a moral sense at all ? and that the inferior animals , in acting , as they ...
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... determine for himself ; and if he knows that his moral feelings are weak or blunted , or that he can suppress the painful feeling ( and who will deny that the mere feeling of conscience may to a certain extent be thus suppressed ? ) he ...
... determine for himself ; and if he knows that his moral feelings are weak or blunted , or that he can suppress the painful feeling ( and who will deny that the mere feeling of conscience may to a certain extent be thus suppressed ? ) he ...
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... determines then that men received the capacity of distinguishing right and wrong , for the sake of their happiness - because they would have been wretched without such capacity . Put the question then again , why not ? Because their ...
... determines then that men received the capacity of distinguishing right and wrong , for the sake of their happiness - because they would have been wretched without such capacity . Put the question then again , why not ? Because their ...
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... determine that it was right we should receive such a sense , as being conducive to our happiness . To those who may think me justified in these repre- sentations , I need not point out the absurdity of supposing that reason can perceive ...
... determine that it was right we should receive such a sense , as being conducive to our happiness . To those who may think me justified in these repre- sentations , I need not point out the absurdity of supposing that reason can perceive ...
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absolute absurd action Adam Smith admit affirm agreeable emotion appear application approbation arise axioms beneficial benevolent affection cause circumstances civil government conceived conduct conscience consequences consists constitution contrary degree Deity desire determine disapprobation discover distinguished doctrine Dugald Stewart duty equal evil excite exist explain expression fact feeling fit effects formed genus happiness individual infliction instance intention judge judgment laws maintain matter means ment merely mind misery mode moral distinctions moral faculty moral notions moral obligation moral rules moral sense morally right nature necessarily necessary truth objects obligatory occasion OLD BAILEY pain particular peculiar perceive perception perform pleasure positive possess principle produced promise promotion proposition question racter reason regard relation right and wrong sentiments shew shewn simply Sir James Sir James Mackintosh speak species suffer suppose supposition theory of morals thing Thomas Brown tion true unfit virtue virtuous
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Página 162 - Examine the crime of ingratitude, for instance, which has place wherever we observe good-will expressed and known, together with good-offices performed, on the one side, and a return of ill-will or indifference with ill-offices or neglect on the other: anatomize all these circumstances and examine, by your reason alone, in what consists the demerit or blame.
Página 56 - ... in the case of justice, where a man, taking things in a certain light, may often seem to be a loser by his integrity.
Página 163 - Enquire then, first, where is that matter of fact which we here call crime; point it out, determine the time of its existence, describe its essence or nature, explain the sense or faculty to which it discovers itself. It resides in the mind of the person who is ungrateful.
Página 56 - ... a loser by his integrity. And though it is allowed that, without a regard to property, no society could subsist; yet, according to the imperfect way in which human affairs are conducted, a sensible knave, in particular incidents, may think, that an act of iniquity or infidelity will make a considerable addition to his fortune, without causing any considerable breach in the social union and confederacy. That honesty is the best policy, may be a good general rule, but it is liable to many exceptions:...
Página 57 - If his heart rebel not against such pernicious maxims, if he feel no reluctance to the thoughts of villany or baseness, he has indeed lost a considerable motive to virtue; and we may expect, that his practice will be answerable to his speculation.
Página 45 - And, if it be not necessary, in the case of a science which we regard as the surest of all sciences, that the proportions of figures should be any thing inherent in the figures, — why should it be required, before we put confidence in morality, that right and wrong should be something existing in the individual agents ? It is not easy, indeed, to understand what is meant by such an inherence as is required in this postulate; or what other relations, actions can be supposed to have...
Página 55 - Having removed,"" says Dr. Hutcheson, " these falsely supposed springs of those actions which are counted virtuous, let us next establish the true one, viz. some determination of our nature to study the good of others ; or some instinct, antecedent to all reason from interest, which influences us to the love of others...
Página 57 - But in all ingenuous natures the antipathy to treachery and roguery is too strong to be counterbalanced by any views of profit or pecuniary advantage. Inward peace of mind, consciousness of integrity, a satisfactory review of our own conduct, these are circumstances very requisite to happiness, and will be cherished and cultivated by every honest man who feels the importance of them.
Página 108 - But your hope of success depends on the drunkard's fear of ill health ; and he may always silence your argument by telling you that he loves wine more than he dreads sickness. You speak in vain of the infamy of an act to one who disregards the opinion of others ; or of its imprudence to a man of little feeling for his own future condition.
Página 45 - ... as a nation can contain in its whole wide orb of calamity ; and a distinction which is to exist while God himself exists, or at least which has been, and as we "cannot but believe will be, coeval with the race of man, cannot surely be regarded as very precarious. It is not to moral distinctions only that this objection, if it had any force, would be applicable. Equality, proportion, it might be said, in like manner, signify nothing in the objects themselves, to which they are applied, more than...