 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1833 - 424 sayfa
...a violent motive, resulting * Paley, in his Moral Philosophy, Book I. Chap. vii. says:" Virtue is ' the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' According to this definition, ' the good of mankind ' is the subject; the ' will of God,' the rule;... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 618 sayfa
...relating to it has been pretty well agreed upon, and it is generally understood to include thus much : The doing good to mankind in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting- happiness. Obedience to God is the principle, the good of mankind the matter, our own happiness the end, of all... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 sayfa
...definition consists of three clauses, in each of which a grave error is involved. " Virtue consists in doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." It is enough to say, that benevo( lence is not_lhfi_ipAflZ?.d.uty.o£.ai8n ; that right is of inher... | |
 | 1842 - 554 sayfa
...definition consists of three clauses, in each of which a grave error is involved. " Virtue consists in doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." It is enough to say, that benevolence is not the whole duty of man, that right is of inherent and necessary... | |
 | 1842 - 576 sayfa
...definition consists of three clauses, in each of which a grave error is involved. " Virtue consists in doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." It is enough to say, that benevolence is not the whole duty of man, that right is of inherent and necessary... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 sayfa
...definition consists of three clauses, in each of which a grave error is involved. " Virtue consists in doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." It is enough to say, that benevolence is not the whole duty of man ; that right is of inherent and... | |
 | 1994 - 412 sayfa
...Scripture (that is, of God) which alone is obviously sufficient. Hence the famous definition, " Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." and, in particular, in the human body. In these works we see how complete is the shifting of interest... | |
 | Jerome B. Schneewind - 1977 - 490 sayfa
...questionable feeling. (I, v.) Paley's definition of virtue gives the foundations of his theory. Virtue is 'the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness'. (I, vi.) The will of God, Paley explains, is what makes right acts right ; doing good to mankind is... | |
 | Albert Venn Dicey - 1914 - 616 sayfa
...right,2 as a thing independent of utility, he may, like Rousseau, popularise ideas which 1 " Virtue is, * the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' *' According to which definition, ' the good of mankind ' is the " subject ; the ' will of God ' the... | |
 | David Daiches Raphael - 1991 - 448 sayfa
...Moral and Political Philosophy BOOK I — PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS CHAP. VII — VIRTUE Virtue is 'the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, 845 and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' According to which definition, 'the good of mankind'... | |
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the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
