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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 latter alone have moral worth .
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 latter alone have moral worth .
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The assumption is as necessary as the moral law , in connection with which alone it is valid . ... It is the moral law , of which we become directly conscious , that leads directly to the conception of freedom . It is morality that ...
The assumption is as necessary as the moral law , in connection with which alone it is valid . ... It is the moral law , of which we become directly conscious , that leads directly to the conception of freedom . It is morality that ...
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Kant's claim is that an act is right if and only if it is done out of respect for the moral law . Does this “ internalize " the criterion ? 4. Suppose defenders of the three positions mentioned above were to say that an act is right if ...
Kant's claim is that an act is right if and only if it is done out of respect for the moral law . Does this “ internalize " the criterion ? 4. Suppose defenders of the three positions mentioned above were to say that an act is right if ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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| Title | An Introduction to Modern Philosophy in Seven Philosophical Problems |
| Author | Alburey Castell |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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