Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... action and purpose , may be said to aim at some good . Hence the good has been well defined as that at which all things aim . But it is clear that there is a difference in the ends ; for the ends are sometimes activities , and sometimes ...
... action and purpose , may be said to aim at some good . Hence the good has been well defined as that at which all things aim . But it is clear that there is a difference in the ends ; for the ends are sometimes activities , and sometimes ...
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... action which agrees with duty is done from duty , or from a selfish view . It is much harder to make this distinction when the action accords with duty , and the subject has besides a direct inclination to it . For example , it is ...
... action which agrees with duty is done from duty , or from a selfish view . It is much harder to make this distinction when the action accords with duty , and the subject has besides a direct inclination to it . For example , it is ...
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... action , but merely on the principle of volition by which the action has taken place , without regard to any object of desire . It is clear from what precedes that the purposes which we may have in view in our actions , or their effects ...
... action , but merely on the principle of volition by which the action has taken place , without regard to any object of desire . It is clear from what precedes that the purposes which we may have in view in our actions , or their effects ...
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