Author: John Laird
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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An Enquiry into Moral Notions (Routledge Revivals)
Author: John Laird
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317917243
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
First published in 1935, this book compares and examines what John Laird termed the ‘three most important notions in ethical science’: the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Laird poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and of supporting the other two. This is an interesting reissue, which will be of particular value to students researching the philosophy of ethics and morality.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317917243
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
First published in 1935, this book compares and examines what John Laird termed the ‘three most important notions in ethical science’: the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Laird poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and of supporting the other two. This is an interesting reissue, which will be of particular value to students researching the philosophy of ethics and morality.
An Enquiry Into Moral Notions
Author: John Laird
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Author: David Hume
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Moral Notions
Author: Julius Kovesi
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will
Author: Jonathan Edwards
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Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Aretē-logia Or, an Enquiry Into the Original of Moral Virtue;
Author: Archibald Campbell
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Category : Cardinal virtues
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Cardinal virtues
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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An Enquiry Into the Original of Moral Virtue
Author: Archibald Campbell
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of the Will, which is Supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame
A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of That Freedom of Will, Which Is Supposed to Be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame (Classic Reprint)
Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243045068
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Excerpt from A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of That Freedom of Will, Which Is Supposed to Be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame I have nothing further to fay by way of preface, but only to befpeak the Reader's candor, and calm attention to what Ihave written. The fubjee't is of fuch importance, as to demand attention, and the molt thorough confideration. Of all kinds of knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourfelves, are the melt important As religion is the great bufinefs, for which we are created, and on which our happinefs depends; and as reli gion conflfts in an intercourfe between our felvesiand our Maker; and {0 has its foun dation in God's nature and ours, and in the relation that God and we {land in to each other; therefore a true knowledge of both mull: be needful, in order to true religion. But the knowledge ofourfelves confifls chiefly in right apprehenfions concerning tbofe two chief faculties of our nature, the underflanding and will. Both are very important yet the fcience of the latter mull be confefled to be of greatefl moment inafmuch as all virtue and religion have their feat more immediately in the will, confifiing more efpecially in right ae'ts and habits of this faculty. And the grand guefiion about the Freedom of the Will, is the main point that belongs to the fcience of the Will. Therefore, I fay, the importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243045068
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Excerpt from A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of That Freedom of Will, Which Is Supposed to Be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame I have nothing further to fay by way of preface, but only to befpeak the Reader's candor, and calm attention to what Ihave written. The fubjee't is of fuch importance, as to demand attention, and the molt thorough confideration. Of all kinds of knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourfelves, are the melt important As religion is the great bufinefs, for which we are created, and on which our happinefs depends; and as reli gion conflfts in an intercourfe between our felvesiand our Maker; and {0 has its foun dation in God's nature and ours, and in the relation that God and we {land in to each other; therefore a true knowledge of both mull: be needful, in order to true religion. But the knowledge ofourfelves confifls chiefly in right apprehenfions concerning tbofe two chief faculties of our nature, the underflanding and will. Both are very important yet the fcience of the latter mull be confefled to be of greatefl moment inafmuch as all virtue and religion have their feat more immediately in the will, confifiing more efpecially in right ae'ts and habits of this faculty. And the grand guefiion about the Freedom of the Will, is the main point that belongs to the fcience of the Will. Therefore, I fay, the importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of the Will
Author: Jonathan Edwards
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ISBN:
Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description