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... to command assent , except that the meaning of the terms be understood . According to the other doctrine , right and wrong , as well as truth and false- hood , are questions of observation and experience . But B 2 GENERAL REMARKS . 3.
... to command assent , except that the meaning of the terms be understood . According to the other doctrine , right and wrong , as well as truth and false- hood , are questions of observation and experience . But B 2 GENERAL REMARKS . 3.
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... term . Questions of ultimate ends are not amenable to direct proof . Whatever can be proved to be good , must be so by being shown to be a means to something admitted to be good without proof . The medical art is proved to be good , by ...
... term . Questions of ultimate ends are not amenable to direct proof . Whatever can be proved to be good , must be so by being shown to be a means to something admitted to be good without proof . The medical art is proved to be good , by ...
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... term in that restricted and merely colloquial sense in which utility is opposed to pleasure . An apology is due to the philosophical opponents of utilitarianism , for even the momentary appearance of confounding them with any one ...
... term in that restricted and merely colloquial sense in which utility is opposed to pleasure . An apology is due to the philosophical opponents of utilitarianism , for even the momentary appearance of confounding them with any one ...
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... term thus ignorantly misapplied solely in disparage- ment , but occasionally in compliment ; as though it implied superiority to frivolity and the mere pleasures of the moment . And this perverted use is the only one in which the word ...
... term thus ignorantly misapplied solely in disparage- ment , but occasionally in compliment ; as though it implied superiority to frivolity and the mere pleasures of the moment . And this perverted use is the only one in which the word ...
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... term to contrast it with Principle . But the Expedient , in the sense in which it is opposed to the Right , gene- rally means that which is expedient for the particular interest of the agent himself ; as when a minister sacrifices the ...
... term to contrast it with Principle . But the Expedient , in the sense in which it is opposed to the Right , gene- rally means that which is expedient for the particular interest of the agent himself ; as when a minister sacrifices the ...
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