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... duties : duties toward God ; duties toward other men ; duties toward our- selves . There are more of these distinctions , but it is not worth while to set them down . And we are now in a position to explain what is meant by duty or ...
... duties : duties toward God ; duties toward other men ; duties toward our- selves . There are more of these distinctions , but it is not worth while to set them down . And we are now in a position to explain what is meant by duty or ...
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... duty which includes the notion of a good will . To have moral worth an act must be done from a sense of duty alone . We must distinguish between acts which accord with what duty requires , and acts done because duty requires . The ...
... duty which includes the notion of a good will . To have moral worth an act must be done from a sense of duty alone . We must distinguish between acts which accord with what duty requires , and acts done because duty requires . The ...
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... duty for us to promote the summum bonum , it is not merely allowable but a duty to presuppose the possibility of this summum bonum . And so , as this is possible only on condition of the existence of God , it is morally necessary ...
... duty for us to promote the summum bonum , it is not merely allowable but a duty to presuppose the possibility of this summum bonum . And so , as this is possible only on condition of the existence of God , it is morally necessary ...
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AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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