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 81
... kind of learning taught in those Colleges , and that the maintenance of our young men , while with you , would be very expensive to you . We are convinced therefore , that you mean to do us good by your proposal , and we thank you ...
... kind of learning taught in those Colleges , and that the maintenance of our young men , while with you , would be very expensive to you . We are convinced therefore , that you mean to do us good by your proposal , and we thank you ...
Page 143
... kind of talent so abounds , this constructive tool - making efficiency , as if it adhered to the chemic atoms , as if the air he breathes were made of Vaucansons , Franklins , and Watts . Doubtless , in every million there will be an ...
... kind of talent so abounds , this constructive tool - making efficiency , as if it adhered to the chemic atoms , as if the air he breathes were made of Vaucansons , Franklins , and Watts . Doubtless , in every million there will be an ...
Page 295
... kind of a self . The mistake lies in making a separation between interest and self , and supposing that the lat- ter is the end to which interest in objects and acts and others is a mere means . In fact , self and interest are two names ...
... kind of a self . The mistake lies in making a separation between interest and self , and supposing that the lat- ter is the end to which interest in objects and acts and others is a mere means . In fact , self and interest are two names ...
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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