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... morality , taste , or propriety , which are not expressly written in his religious creed ; and his chief guide in the ... moral feelings of the members of the ascendant class , in their relations among themselves . Where , on the other ...
... morality , taste , or propriety , which are not expressly written in his religious creed ; and his chief guide in the ... moral feelings of the members of the ascendant class , in their relations among themselves . Where , on the other ...
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... moral sentiments frequently bear the impress of an impatient dislike of superi- ority . Another grand determining principle of the rules of conduct , both in act and forbearance , which have been enforced by law or opinion , has been ...
... moral sentiments frequently bear the impress of an impatient dislike of superi- ority . Another grand determining principle of the rules of conduct , both in act and forbearance , which have been enforced by law or opinion , has been ...
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... moral sense : for the odium theologicum , in a sincere bigot , is one of the most unequivocal cases of moral feeling . Those who first broke the yoke of what called itself the Universal Church , were in general as little willing to ...
... moral sense : for the odium theologicum , in a sincere bigot , is one of the most unequivocal cases of moral feeling . Those who first broke the yoke of what called itself the Universal Church , were in general as little willing to ...
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... moral coercion of public opinion . That principle is , that the sole end for which mankind are warranted , individually or collec- tively , in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number , is self - protection ...
... moral coercion of public opinion . That principle is , that the sole end for which mankind are warranted , individually or collec- tively , in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number , is self - protection ...
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... moral , is not a sufficient warrant . He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so , because it will make him happier , because , in the opinions of others , to do so would be wise , or ...
... moral , is not a sufficient warrant . He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so , because it will make him happier , because , in the opinions of others , to do so would be wise , or ...
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Page 24 - It is proper to state that I forego any advantage which could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility. I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.
Page 107 - Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.
Page 134 - ... the fact of living in society renders it indispensable that each should be bound to observe a certain line of conduct towards the rest. This conduct consists, first, in not injuring the interests of one another; or rather certain interests, which, either by express legal provision or by tacit understanding, ought to be considered as rights...
Page 21 - Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.
Page 34 - ... its truth; but they are not infallible. They have no authority to decide the question for all mankind and exclude every other person from the means of judging. To refuse a hearing to an opinion because they are sure that it is false is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. Its condemnation may be allowed to rest on this common argument, not the worse for being common.
Page 6 - Were I but capable of interpreting to the world one half the great thoughts and noble feelings which are buried in her grave, I should be the medium of a greater benefit to it, than is ever likely to arise from anything that I can write, unprompted and unassisted by her all but unrivalled wisdom.
Page 60 - A state of things in which a large portion of the most active and inquiring intellects find it advisable to keep the general principles and grounds of their convictions within their own breasts, and attempt, in what they address to the public, to fit as much as they can of their own conclusions to premises which they have internally renounced...
Page 38 - There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation. Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action; and on no other terms can a being with human faculties have any rational assurance of being right.
Page 161 - I consider noxious passes any one's lips, it invades all the " social rights " attributed to me by the Alliance. The doctrine ascribes to all mankind a vested interest in each other's moral, intellectual, and even physical perfection, to be denned by each claimant according to his own standard. Another important example of illegitimate interference with the rightful liberty of the individual, not simply threatened, but long since carried into triumphant effect, is Sabbatarian legislation. Without...