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Page 368
... persons , which will be obligatory upon all persons to accept . To this end we enquire concerning the grounds upon which anything can be obligatory upon anyone . We note that such grounds are not to be discovered “ in any abstract moral ...
... persons , which will be obligatory upon all persons to accept . To this end we enquire concerning the grounds upon which anything can be obligatory upon anyone . We note that such grounds are not to be discovered “ in any abstract moral ...
Page 369
... person or persons . But we can all make claims and have , therefore , the power to set up obligations . Whose claims shall take precedence ? Whose claims are to be the grounds for the obligation that is to be binding on all per- sons ...
... person or persons . But we can all make claims and have , therefore , the power to set up obligations . Whose claims shall take precedence ? Whose claims are to be the grounds for the obligation that is to be binding on all per- sons ...
Page 465
... persons who have to decide them shall be the proper persons . Even this they cannot advantageously dɔ by nominating the individuals . There is no act which more imperatively requires to be performed under a strong sense of individual ...
... persons who have to decide them shall be the proper persons . Even this they cannot advantageously dɔ by nominating the individuals . There is no act which more imperatively requires to be performed under a strong sense of individual ...
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AN ACCOUNT OF THIS BOOK | 1 |
The pragmatic approach to natural theology | 73 |
A METAPHYSICAL PROBLEM | 91 |
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