Lectures on Systematic Morality
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217963992
Paperback|9780217963992
Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LECTURE III. OF FACTS AND IDEAS IN MORALITY T HAVE spoken in the two preceding lectures of the gene- -- ral character which must belong to a System of Morality such as we here contemplate, and have endeavoured to remove some preliminary objections, sometimes made to the attempt at constructing a moral system. I have stated that the kind of System about which I wish to engage your attention, may be described as a Body of Moral Truths, definitely expressed, and arranged according to their rational connection. And as, under this description, a System of Morality might seem to some to assume in some degree the character of a System of Geometry, and as offense has been taken at the supposition of such a geometrical character in a Moral System, I pointed out the broad differences and strong contrasts which exist between Morality on one side, and any of the mathematical and material Sciences on the other. I hope the antithesis was made so distinct and emphatic as to remove any fear that we may be carried away from the genuine standing point of morality, by attempted analogies with those other sciences, or by aiming at mathematical proofs in moral subjects. But having removed this danger, we must not let our fear and suspicions of such imaginary analogies and incongruous proofs, carry us away, on the other hand, from the very conception of our System, ?that in it Moral Truths are to be expressed in definite terms, and connected by conclusive reasonings. We are not to say, as people sometimes do say, that the meanings of words in discussing moral subjects must necessarily be vague, and the reasonings on such subjects necessarily loose. No doubt, when men's thoughts are vague, and the connection of propositions in their minds dim and wavering, their language will also be vague, and t.
| ISBN-13 | 9780217963992 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217963994 |
| Weight | 0.43 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 124 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
