The Elements of Moral Science"This book presents to the public a new treatise upon moral science and moral philosophy. Being designed for the purposes of instruction, its aim is, to be simple, clear, and purely didactic. I have rarely gone into extended discussion, but have contented myself with the attempt to state the moral law, and the reason of it, in as few and as comprehensive terms as possible"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... injury committed . We feel that the man deserves punishment : we have no such feeling to the brute . We say that the man has done wrong ; but we never affirm this of the other . We may attempt to produce in the brute such a recollection ...
... injury committed . We feel that the man deserves punishment : we have no such feeling to the brute . We say that the man has done wrong ; but we never affirm this of the other . We may attempt to produce in the brute such a recollection ...
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... injuries , proceeds precisely upon this principle . The New Testament teaches us to love our enemies , to do good to those that hate us , to overcome evil by good ; that is , to set before a man who does wrong , the strongest possible ...
... injuries , proceeds precisely upon this principle . The New Testament teaches us to love our enemies , to do good to those that hate us , to overcome evil by good ; that is , to set before a man who does wrong , the strongest possible ...
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... injury to a particular individual . The requiting good for evil , in addition to this effect , has an inherent tendency to produce sorrow for the act , and dislike to its moral quali- ty ; and thus , by producing a change of character ...
... injury to a particular individual . The requiting good for evil , in addition to this effect , has an inherent tendency to produce sorrow for the act , and dislike to its moral quali- ty ; and thus , by producing a change of character ...
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... the difference between harm , injury , and pun- ishment . We harm another when we actually inflict pain ; we injure him when we inflict pain in violation of his rights ; we punish him when we inflict pain which 12 IN WHAT PART OF AN.
... the difference between harm , injury , and pun- ishment . We harm another when we actually inflict pain ; we injure him when we inflict pain in violation of his rights ; we punish him when we inflict pain which 12 IN WHAT PART OF AN.
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... injury , it is no excuse to say , that he had no ill - will to the individual injured . The Creator never con- ferred on him the right to destroy another's happiness for his own gratification . 3. As the right and wrong of an action ...
... injury , it is no excuse to say , that he had no ill - will to the individual injured . The Creator never con- ferred on him the right to destroy another's happiness for his own gratification . 3. As the right and wrong of an action ...
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Page 162 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 181 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 333 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 351 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 54 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 93 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page x - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Page 171 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him...
Page 404 - I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 76 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.