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... idea that it discerns what is right or wrong in the particular case in hand , as our other senses discern the sight or sound actually pre- sent . Our moral faculty , according to all those of its interpreters who are entitled to the ...
... idea that it discerns what is right or wrong in the particular case in hand , as our other senses discern the sight or sound actually pre- sent . Our moral faculty , according to all those of its interpreters who are entitled to the ...
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... ideas of pain and pleasure ; and to what extent this is left an open question . But these supplementary explanations do not affect the theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded- namely , that pleasure , and freedom ...
... ideas of pain and pleasure ; and to what extent this is left an open question . But these supplementary explanations do not affect the theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded- namely , that pleasure , and freedom ...
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... in anything like equal circum- stances , is not happier than the inferior - confounds the two very different ideas , of happiness , and content . It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment ITS MEANING . 13.
... in anything like equal circum- stances , is not happier than the inferior - confounds the two very different ideas , of happiness , and content . It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment ITS MEANING . 13.
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... idea of its disinterested character , sometimes find fault with its standard as being too high for humanity . They say it is exacting too much to require that people shall always act from the in- ducement of promoting the general ...
... idea of its disinterested character , sometimes find fault with its standard as being too high for humanity . They say it is exacting too much to require that people shall always act from the in- ducement of promoting the general ...
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... ideas of Motive and Intention . There is no point which utilitarian thinkers ( and Bentham pre - eminently ) have taken more pains to illus- trate than this . The morality of the action depends entirely upon the intention — that is ...
... ideas of Motive and Intention . There is no point which utilitarian thinkers ( and Bentham pre - eminently ) have taken more pains to illus- trate than this . The morality of the action depends entirely upon the intention — that is ...
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