"In God We Trust": The Religious Beliefs and Ideas of the American Founding FathersNorman Cousins Harper, 1958 - 464 Seiten |
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... interest , or rather self - love , or egoism has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality . But I consider our relations with others as constituting the boundaries of morality . With ourselves we stand on the ground of ...
... interest , or rather self - love , or egoism has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality . But I consider our relations with others as constituting the boundaries of morality . With ourselves we stand on the ground of ...
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... interest could determine a man to generous actions ? It is as impossible for him to love what is good for the sake of good , as to love evil for the sake of evil . " The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist , had he intended ...
... interest could determine a man to generous actions ? It is as impossible for him to love what is good for the sake of good , as to love evil for the sake of evil . " The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist , had he intended ...
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... interest ; and invested him with an inviolable right to per- sonal liberty and personal safety . Hence , in a state of nature , no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life , limbs , property , or liberty ; nor the least ...
... interest ; and invested him with an inviolable right to per- sonal liberty and personal safety . Hence , in a state of nature , no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life , limbs , property , or liberty ; nor the least ...
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THE RESPONSIVE MEN | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 16 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON | 44 |
Urheberrecht | |
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