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... kill even an innocent person made known to us , we have not only the right , but are under the strictest moral obligation to kill that person . But though a true and perfect defence in the abstract , it leaves out one important point ...
... kill even an innocent person made known to us , we have not only the right , but are under the strictest moral obligation to kill that person . But though a true and perfect defence in the abstract , it leaves out one important point ...
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... kill another , even an innocent man , is so far indeed from being itself contrary to morality , that nothing can be more certain than if it were known that God ordered us to take away the life of The Sacrifice of Isaac . 35.
... kill another , even an innocent man , is so far indeed from being itself contrary to morality , that nothing can be more certain than if it were known that God ordered us to take away the life of The Sacrifice of Isaac . 35.
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... kill him , supposed to be known , would be strictly obligatory , nor would the innocence of the man be any ... killing another , as being simply an external act , is not , indeed , in any contra- diction whatever to a right state of the ...
... kill him , supposed to be known , would be strictly obligatory , nor would the innocence of the man be any ... killing another , as being simply an external act , is not , indeed , in any contra- diction whatever to a right state of the ...
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... kill then , whereas it could not be such evidence now ? When we examine the ancient mind all the world over , one very remarkable want is apparent in it , viz . a true idea of the individuality of man ; an ade- quate conception of him ...
... kill then , whereas it could not be such evidence now ? When we examine the ancient mind all the world over , one very remarkable want is apparent in it , viz . a true idea of the individuality of man ; an ade- quate conception of him ...
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... kill an innocent son : if it was , as it was , evidence to Abraham , it was because that clear idea of the individual right , which involved the inviolability of life , did not exist in his age as it does in ours ; it was because the ...
... kill an innocent son : if it was , as it was , evidence to Abraham , it was because that clear idea of the individual right , which involved the inviolability of life , did not exist in his age as it does in ours ; it was because the ...
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