American Ethics: A Source Book from Edwards to DeweyAmerican Ethics: A Source Book From Edwards to Dewey presents a rich collection of 70 source readings in American Ethics from the early Puritans and their foremost spokesman Jonathan Edwards to the mid-twentieth century, the time of John Dewey's pragmatism and naturalism. Ethics has both a theoretical and practical interest, relating it directly to politics, religion, economics, science, and in fact all aspects of culture or social life. |
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Page 33
... existence . So that all other being , even the whole universe , is as nothing in comparison of the divine Being . And if we consider the secondary ground of love , or moral excellency , the same thing will appear . For as God is ...
... existence . So that all other being , even the whole universe , is as nothing in comparison of the divine Being . And if we consider the secondary ground of love , or moral excellency , the same thing will appear . For as God is ...
Page 41
... existence of the one depending on the existence of the other , the knowledge of the existence of the one depends on the knowl- edge of the existence of the other ; and the one can't be more certain than the other . ' Tis certain , that ...
... existence of the one depending on the existence of the other , the knowledge of the existence of the one depends on the knowl- edge of the existence of the other ; and the one can't be more certain than the other . ' Tis certain , that ...
Page 109
... existence and perfections of God , we suppose and affirm the existence in ourselves of faculties which correspond to these sublime objects and which are fitted to discern them . Religion is a conviction and an act of the human soul , so ...
... existence and perfections of God , we suppose and affirm the existence in ourselves of faculties which correspond to these sublime objects and which are fitted to discern them . Religion is a conviction and an act of the human soul , so ...
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absolute action American Anne Bradstreet argument beauty believe benevolence called cause character Christian civil consciousness consequences Cotton Mather Declaration definist fallacy Devil Dewey divine divine grace doctrine Emerson Enlightenment eternal ethics evil existence experience expression fact faith Fate following selection freedom give God's grace hand hath heart hell human idea ideal Indian individual intellectual intelligence interest James Jefferson John Dewey Jonathan Edwards Josiah Royce justice live loyalty magnanimity mankind means mind moral nation natural rights naturalistic fallacy never object opinions original sin persons philosophy political practical pragmatism present principle problem Puritan question race reason religion religious Royce sense slavery slaves social society soul spirit tendency things Thomas Paine thought tion Transcendentalism Transcendentalist true virtue truth universe virtuous whole William William Ellery Channing William Penn woman women words