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Having examined what the principle of morality is not , we must now examine what it is . What is the one principle of morality , the criterion by which to judge everything and in which lies the distinction between moral goodness and all ...
Having examined what the principle of morality is not , we must now examine what it is . What is the one principle of morality , the criterion by which to judge everything and in which lies the distinction between moral goodness and all ...
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If the principle of the action can , without self - contradiction , be universalized , it is moral ; if it cannot be so universalized without contradicting itself , it is immoral . That action is immoral whose principle cancels and ...
If the principle of the action can , without self - contradiction , be universalized , it is moral ; if it cannot be so universalized without contradicting itself , it is immoral . That action is immoral whose principle cancels and ...
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It concerns not the matter of the action , nor its intended result , but its form and principle . This imperative may be called the imperative of morality . There is but one categorical imperative , namely , “ Act only on that principle ...
It concerns not the matter of the action , nor its intended result , but its form and principle . This imperative may be called the imperative of morality . There is but one categorical imperative , namely , “ Act only on that principle ...
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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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