Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963 - 644 pages Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
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Page 83
... morals , when his moral feelings are at war with the facts about him , is always free to seek harmony by toning down the sensitiveness of the feelings . Being mere data , neither good nor evil in themselves , he may pervert them or lull ...
... morals , when his moral feelings are at war with the facts about him , is always free to seek harmony by toning down the sensitiveness of the feelings . Being mere data , neither good nor evil in themselves , he may pervert them or lull ...
Page 84
... moral world ? is a meaningless and unverifiable question because it deals with something nonphenomenal . Any question is full of meaning to which , as here , contrary answers lead to contrary behavior . And it seems as if in answering ...
... moral world ? is a meaningless and unverifiable question because it deals with something nonphenomenal . Any question is full of meaning to which , as here , contrary answers lead to contrary behavior . And it seems as if in answering ...
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... moral convictions but convenient enough to those whose moral opinions sit lightly on them , since it gives them a much wider range of arguments for defending the doctrine of the moment . But though perhaps no one could now be found who ...
... moral convictions but convenient enough to those whose moral opinions sit lightly on them , since it gives them a much wider range of arguments for defending the doctrine of the moment . But though perhaps no one could now be found who ...
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