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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... seem to be different things . Of these I shall select one as an example , viz , spirit , dig- nity , or greatness of mind . This seems to be entirely of the worldly cast : It holds a very high place in the esteem of all worldly men ...
... seem to be different things . Of these I shall select one as an example , viz , spirit , dig- nity , or greatness of mind . This seems to be entirely of the worldly cast : It holds a very high place in the esteem of all worldly men ...
Page 245
... seems to me that this is involved in the strict logic of the case . Its truth ought not to be forced willy - nilly down our indifferent throats . It ought to be freely espoused by men who can equally well turn their backs upon it . In ...
... seems to me that this is involved in the strict logic of the case . Its truth ought not to be forced willy - nilly down our indifferent throats . It ought to be freely espoused by men who can equally well turn their backs upon it . In ...
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... seems part of the living essence of the religious hypothesis . If the hypothesis were true in all its parts , including this one , then pure intellectualism , with its veto on our mak- ing willing advances , would be an absurdity ; and ...
... seems part of the living essence of the religious hypothesis . If the hypothesis were true in all its parts , including this one , then pure intellectualism , with its veto on our mak- ing willing advances , would be an absurdity ; and ...
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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