Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... means of restoring bodily health . Socrates placed such means in the class of irksome but needed activities . Let us call this class instrumental goods . The highest goods are those which are good both intrinsically and instrumentally ...
... means of restoring bodily health . Socrates placed such means in the class of irksome but needed activities . Let us call this class instrumental goods . The highest goods are those which are good both intrinsically and instrumentally ...
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... means . The means used become incorporated in the character of the people who use the means , and when problems arise , as they will , which require persevering honesty , the bribe- takers and bribers will fail to meet the situation ...
... means . The means used become incorporated in the character of the people who use the means , and when problems arise , as they will , which require persevering honesty , the bribe- takers and bribers will fail to meet the situation ...
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... means to something else , it is evident that they are not all final ends . But the highest good is clearly something ... means to some- thing else ; we speak of that which is never desired as a means to something else as more final than ...
... means to something else , it is evident that they are not all final ends . But the highest good is clearly something ... means to some- thing else ; we speak of that which is never desired as a means to something else as more final than ...
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