 | Emily Faithfull - 1863 - 592 sayfa
...which St. Peter and St. Paul were taught that the Gospel was to be preached to the Gentiles. t Page 26. be duty, or the hope of being paid for his trouble...another friend to whom he is under greater obligations." If I am not mistaken, these examples are enough of themselves to awaken a suspicion that external acts... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 108 sayfa
...action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty,...done from the motive of duty, and in direct obedience * An opponent, whose intellectual and moral fairness it is a pleasure to acknowledge (the Rev. J. Llewellyn... | |
 | James McCosh - 1866 - 424 sayfa
...agent. " He who saves a fellow-creature from " drowning does what is morally right, whether his mo" tive be duty, or the hope of being paid for his trouble...friend to " whom he is under greater obligations" (p. 26). The test of a virtuous act is beneficial tendency, but what is the test of the virtuous motive... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1871 - 136 sayfa
...action, though much with the worth of the agent. ' He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty,...done from the motive of duty, and in direct obedience * An opponent, whose intellectual and moral fairness it is a pleasure to acknowledge (the Rev. J. Llewellyn... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1873 - 326 sayfa
...motive has nothing to do with the morality of an action He who saves a fellowcreature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty or the hope of being paid for his trouble.' Upon which I would observe, in passing, that to save a fellow-creature from drowning can be deemed... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1879 - 288 sayfa
...action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty, or the hope of being paid for hisTirouble : he who betrays the friend that trusts him, is guilty of a crime, even if his object be... | |
 | James McCosh - 1880 - 486 sayfa
...virtuousness of the act and the virtuousness of the agent. " He who saves a fellow-creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty,...friend to whom he is under greater obligations-." (p. 26.) The test of a virtuous act is beneficial tendency, but what is the test of the virtuous motive?... | |
 | Alfred Barratt - 1883 - 364 sayfa
...the action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellowcreature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty,...another friend to whom he is under greater obligations." This is the true political view, but surely the casuistical doctrine that if the outward act be in... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1887 - 154 sayfa
...the action, though much with the worth of the agent. He who saves a fellowcreature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty,...he is under greater obligations.* But to speak only * An opponent, whose intellectual and moral fairness it is a pleasure to acknowledge (the Rev. J. Llewelyn... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1895 - 140 sayfa
..._jJiojagh__much _wjih_the_iYQxthj5f tlie_age11t_. He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty,...greater obligations.* But to speak only of actions * An opponent, whose intellectual and moral fairness it is a pleasure to acknowledge (the Eev. J. Llewelyn... | |
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He who saves a fellow creature from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive be duty or the hope of being paid for his trouble; he who betrays the friend that trusts him is guilty of a crime, even if his object be to serve another friend... 
