UtilitarianismLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867 - 120 páginas |
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... object of desire and pursuit they designate as utterly mean and grovel- ling ; as a doctrine worthy only of swine , to whom the followers of Epicurus were , at a very early period , contemptuously likened ; and modern holders of the ...
... object of desire and pursuit they designate as utterly mean and grovel- ling ; as a doctrine worthy only of swine , to whom the followers of Epicurus were , at a very early period , contemptuously likened ; and modern holders of the ...
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... object of desire to them . Whoever supposes that this preference takes place at a sacrifice of happiness - that the superior being , in anything like equal circum- stances , is not happier than the inferior - confounds the two very ...
... object of desire to them . Whoever supposes that this preference takes place at a sacrifice of happiness - that the superior being , in anything like equal circum- stances , is not happier than the inferior - confounds the two very ...
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... objects of personal affection , and especially those who have also cultivated a fellow - feeling with the collective interests of mankind , retain as lively an in- terest in life on the eve of death as in the vigour of youth and health ...
... objects of personal affection , and especially those who have also cultivated a fellow - feeling with the collective interests of mankind , retain as lively an in- terest in life on the eve of death as in the vigour of youth and health ...
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... 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 now are , cannot be obviated , and often ...
... 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 now are , cannot be obviated , and often ...
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... object be to serve another friend to whom he is under greater obligations . * But to speak only of actions done from the motive of duty , and in direct obedience * An opponent , whose intellectual and moral fairness it is a pleasure to ...
... object be to serve another friend to whom he is under greater obligations . * But to speak only of actions done from the motive of duty , and in direct obedience * An opponent , whose intellectual and moral fairness it is a pleasure to ...
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action admit Ancient Rome Author believe binding force capable CATHERINE WINKWORTH character conduct considerations cultivated desire desire happiness Dictionary duty Encyclopædia English Epicurean equally Essays ethics evil excitement Exeter College existence expediency external sanctions fact feeling fellow creatures give Greatest Happiness Principle habit happiness HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD History human nature hurt Illustrations individual influence injustice interest JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE JEAN INGELOW JOHN JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL Lectures LL.D Lord MACAULAY mankind Maps means ment mental mind moral obligation moralists motive ness notion object opinion origin pain particular person philosophical Plates pleasure Portrait Post 8vo Practical principle of utility proof punishment question recognise regard revised RICHARD WHATELY right and wrong rule Second Edition sentiment social society Square crown 8vo supposed theory things Third Edition tion Translated Treatise ultimate unjust utilitarian doctrine utilitarian morality utilitarian standard violate virtue virtuous vols Woodcuts
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