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... moral agents , ca- pable of choosing good or evil , and by nature possessing both virtuous and vicious principles , which is partial depravity . If they are per- suaded by virtuous examples and arguments , to shun vice and cherish ...
... moral agents , ca- pable of choosing good or evil , and by nature possessing both virtuous and vicious principles , which is partial depravity . If they are per- suaded by virtuous examples and arguments , to shun vice and cherish ...
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... moral agency to con- sist in the power of choice , and not in any thing antecedent or subsequent to it ; but total ... moral goodness in it , notwithstanding the act itself may be good . Lorenzo . I wish to be informed , how an act can ...
... moral agency to con- sist in the power of choice , and not in any thing antecedent or subsequent to it ; but total ... moral goodness in it , notwithstanding the act itself may be good . Lorenzo . I wish to be informed , how an act can ...
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... morally good act , notwithstanding the effect was good ; but on the contrary , that I was , in heart , a murderer . Lorenzo . I grant your ideas in this case are just ; but this does by no means prove , that man- kind are all naturally ...
... morally good act , notwithstanding the effect was good ; but on the contrary , that I was , in heart , a murderer . Lorenzo . I grant your ideas in this case are just ; but this does by no means prove , that man- kind are all naturally ...
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David Low Dodge. than his natural feelings , he is no more morally praise - worthy than beasts , who attempt to re- lieve each other in distress , which is common even to swine . Lorenzo . I am surprised you think sympathy and pity are ...
David Low Dodge. than his natural feelings , he is no more morally praise - worthy than beasts , who attempt to re- lieve each other in distress , which is common even to swine . Lorenzo . I am surprised you think sympathy and pity are ...
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... his law , nor indeed can be . " Mankind are represented as naturally deaf and blind , in a moral sense . " Hear ye deaf , and look ye blind ; " " bring forth the blind that have eyes , and the deaf that have ears . " ( 11 )
... his law , nor indeed can be . " Mankind are represented as naturally deaf and blind , in a moral sense . " Hear ye deaf , and look ye blind ; " " bring forth the blind that have eyes , and the deaf that have ears . " ( 11 )
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