The Evolution of Morality: Being a History of the Development of Moral Culture, Volumen1Trübner & Company, 1878 - 981 páginas |
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... savage by the natural language of love and hate in the members of his tribe , gain first a partial definite- ness in respect to his intercourse with his family and playmates ; and he learns by experience the utility , in so far as his ...
... savage by the natural language of love and hate in the members of his tribe , gain first a partial definite- ness in respect to his intercourse with his family and playmates ; and he learns by experience the utility , in so far as his ...
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... savage hears recounted the daring deeds of his chief - hears them in words of praise , and sees all faces glowing with admiration . From time to time also he listens while some one's cowardice is described in tones of scorn , and with ...
... savage hears recounted the daring deeds of his chief - hears them in words of praise , and sees all faces glowing with admiration . From time to time also he listens while some one's cowardice is described in tones of scorn , and with ...
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... savage as consequences of his conduct , are the spirits of his ancestors . The consciousness that such a chief , dreaded by neighbouring tribes , and dreaded , too , by members of his own tribe , may reappear and punish those who have ...
... savage as consequences of his conduct , are the spirits of his ancestors . The consciousness that such a chief , dreaded by neighbouring tribes , and dreaded , too , by members of his own tribe , may reappear and punish those who have ...
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... savage , may have been founded on consciously organised experiences of utility , ' and the genesis of an idea is so simple a process , as compared with the genesis of an emo- tion , that the idea of right may well have been formed long ...
... savage , may have been founded on consciously organised experiences of utility , ' and the genesis of an idea is so simple a process , as compared with the genesis of an emo- tion , that the idea of right may well have been formed long ...
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... savage does not consciously gene- ralise . " He does not at that age , probably not at any age , formulate his experiences in the general principle , that it is well for him to do things which bring smiles from others , and to avoid ...
... savage does not consciously gene- ralise . " He does not at that age , probably not at any age , formulate his experiences in the general principle , that it is well for him to do things which bring smiles from others , and to avoid ...
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Página 2 - According to the one opinion, the principles of morals are evident a priori, requiring nothing to command assent except that the meaning of the terms be understood. According to the other doctrine, right and wrong, as well as truth and falsehood, are questions of observation and experience.
Página 23 - ... the rules and precepts for human conduct," by the observance of which an existence such as has been described might be, to the greatest extent possible, secured to all mankind; and not to them only, but, so far as the nature of things admits, to the whole sentient creation.
Página 25 - The deeply rooted conception which every individual even now has of himself as a social being, tends to make him feel it one of his natural wants that there should be harmony between his feelings and aims and those of his fellow creatures.
Página 12 - This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itself: and, to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it has right ; had it power, as it has manifest authority ; it would absolutely govern the world...
Página 49 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Página 208 - ... want of food, when the father of a child has forsaken its mother, or when obliged to flee from the Farmers or others; in which case they will strangle them, smother them, cast them away in the desert, or bury them alive. There are instances of parents throwing their tender offspring to the hungry Lion, who stands roaring before their cavern, refusing to depart till some peace-offering be made to him.
Página 23 - ... original conditions by which virtue is made virtue ; however they may believe (as they do) that actions and dispositions are only virtuous because they promote another end than virtue ; yet this being granted, and it having been decided, from considerations of this description, what...
Página 23 - The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
Página 25 - Its binding force, however, consists in the existence of a mass of feeling which must be broken through in order to do what violates our standard of right, and which, if we do nevertheless violate that standard, will probably have to be encountered afterwards in the form of remorse.
Página 177 - Tshaka ordered several men to be executed on the spot; and the cries became, if possible, more violent than ever. No further orders were needed; but, as if bent on convincing their chief of their -extreme grief, the multitude commenced a general massacre. Many of them received the blow of death while inflicting it on others, each taking the opportunity of revenging his injuries, real or imaginary. Those who could no more force tears from their eyes — those who were found near the river panting...