| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1881 - 626 páginas
...mistaken. For on referring to p. 57 we find him declaring that it is the business of moral science to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of actions necessarily tend to produce happiness ; but that having done this, its deductions are to be... | |
| Jacob Gould Schurman - 1881 - 136 páginas
...to the worth of such a science, an examination of its subject-matter will only confirm them. It has to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kiuds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. It is... | |
| 1882 - 646 páginas
...at some future time. But, as he himself admits, there is a possible science of which it is the aim " to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions...produce happiness and what kinds to produce unhappiness " ; and we have need of such a science. For morality differs in different ages and nations ; and actual... | |
| 1883 - 622 páginas
...of things ; and I conceive it to be the business of moral science to deduce, /)wn the laws oflifeand the conditions of existence, what kinds of action...to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness and misery.' * Mr. Spencer's ethics, then, propose to put utilitarianism on a thoroughly scientific... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1883 - 374 páginas
...necessary consequences of the constitution of things, and I conceive it to be the business of moral science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions...action necessarily tend to produce happiness, and what kind to produce unhappiuess. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognised as laws of conduct,... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1884 - 156 páginas
...necessary consequences of the constitution of things ; " and it is " the business of Moral Science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness."* Current utilitarian speculation, like current practical politics, shows inadequate consciousness of... | |
| 1884 - 946 páginas
...be necessary consequences of the constitution of things ;" and it is " the business of Moral Science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness." * Current utilitarian speculation, like current practical politics, shows inadequate consciousness... | |
| Henry Sidgwick - 1884 - 556 páginas
...suggested to some readers by Mr Herbert Spencer's statement1 that " it is the business of moral science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kind of actions necessarily tend to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness," and... | |
| Henry Sidgwick - 1884 - 200 páginas
...suggested to some readers by Mr Herbert Spencer's statement1 that "it is the business of moral science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions of existence, what kind of actions necessarily tend to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness," and... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1885 - 68 páginas
...consequences of the constitution of things ; and I conceive it to be the business of Moral Science to deduce, from the laws of life and the conditions...unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct ; and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness... | |
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