The Study of PhilosophyCollegiate Press, 1987 - 340 pages |
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Page 160
... moral praise and respect . Let us consider some examples . Suppose you were accosted by a beggar and you gave him money , but only because you wished to be rid of him . Kant would say of such an action that , although not morally bad ...
... moral praise and respect . Let us consider some examples . Suppose you were accosted by a beggar and you gave him money , but only because you wished to be rid of him . Kant would say of such an action that , although not morally bad ...
Page 161
... moral . The person , Kant would say , who pays his debts for that reason is not acting from a pure motive , and therefore is not acting morally . That is not to say , of course , that he is acting immorally . It is merely that an act ...
... moral . The person , Kant would say , who pays his debts for that reason is not acting from a pure motive , and therefore is not acting morally . That is not to say , of course , that he is acting immorally . It is merely that an act ...
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... moral concepts and judg- ments are used to express and excite feelings . Rather than being real proposition , moral pronouncements are simply , as Ayer put it , expressions of emotions . The presence of an ethical symbol in a ...
... moral concepts and judg- ments are used to express and excite feelings . Rather than being real proposition , moral pronouncements are simply , as Ayer put it , expressions of emotions . The presence of an ethical symbol in a ...
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It began here | 11 |
And so I go about the world | 29 |
Aristotle and the art of thinking | 67 |
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