UtilitarianismLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867 - 120 páginas |
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... ness ; we may attribute it to pride , a name which is given indiscriminately to some of the most and to some of the least estimable feelings of which mankind are capable ; we may refer it to the love of liberty and personal independence ...
... ness ; we may attribute it to pride , a name which is given indiscriminately to some of the most and to some of the least estimable feelings of which mankind are capable ; we may refer it to the love of liberty and personal independence ...
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... ness , there can be no doubt that it makes other people happier , and that the world in general is immensely a gainer by it . Utilitarianism , therefore , could only attain its end by the general cultivation of nobleness of character ...
... ness , there can be no doubt that it makes other people happier , and that the world in general is immensely a gainer by it . Utilitarianism , therefore , could only attain its end by the general cultivation of nobleness of character ...
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... ness is to be had at all by human beings , the attain- ment of it cannot be the end of morality , or of any rational conduct . Though , even in that case , some- thing might still be said for the utilitarian theory ; since utility ...
... ness is to be had at all by human beings , the attain- ment of it cannot be the end of morality , or of any rational conduct . Though , even in that case , some- thing might still be said for the utilitarian theory ; since utility ...
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... ness , worthlessness , or premature loss of objects of affection . The main stress of the problem lies , there- fore , in the contest with these calamities , from which it is a rare good fortune entirely to escape ; which , as things ...
... ness , worthlessness , or premature loss of objects of affection . The main stress of the problem lies , there- fore , in the contest with these calamities , from which it is a rare good fortune entirely to escape ; which , as things ...
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... ness in the world ; but he who does it , or professes to do it , for any other purpose , is no more deserving of admiration than the ascetic mounted on his pillar . He may be an inspiriting proof of what men can do , but assuredly not ...
... ness in the world ; but he who does it , or professes to do it , for any other purpose , is no more deserving of admiration than the ascetic mounted on his pillar . He may be an inspiriting proof of what men can do , but assuredly not ...
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