 And, though the weight of reasons cannot be taken with the precision of algebraic quantities, yet, when each is thus considered separately and comparatively, and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less liable to make a rash step;...  The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine - Page 40edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Amos Tversky - Psychology - 2003 - 1046 pages
...comparatively, and the whole matter lies before me. I think I can judge better, and am less liable to make a rash step; and in fact I have found great advantage for this kind of equation, in what may be called moral or prudential algebra. —Benjamin Franklin,... | |
 | Harro Maas - Business & Economics - 2005 - 364 pages
...comparatively, and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less liable to take a false step; and, in fact, I have found great advantage from this kind of equation, in what may be termed moral or prudential algebra. (Franklin quoted from Bain 1859, 463) Franklin's balancing procedure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Business & Economics - 2006 - 168 pages
...is thus considered separately and comparatively, and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less likely to make a rash step; and...advantage from this kind of equation, in what may be called moral or prudential algebra. Wishing sincerely that you may determine for the best, I am... | |
 | B Guy Peters, Jon Pierre - Political Science - 2006 - 525 pages
...comparatively, and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less liable to take a rash step, and in fact I have found great advantage from this kind of equation, in what may be called moral or prudential algebra (Gramlich, 1998, 1). More than two hundred years later decision... | |
 | Marvin Minsky - Science - 2007 - 400 pages
...comparatively and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less likely to take a rash step; and in fact I have found great advantage from this kind of equation, in what might be called 'Moral' or 'Prudential Algebra.'" Of course, if such a process were to conclude that... | |
 | Knud Haakonssen - Electronic reference sources - 2006 - 790 pages
.... . . And tho' the Weight of Reasons cannot be taken with the Precision of Algebraic Quantities ... in fact I have found great Advantage from this kind of Equation, in what may be called Moral or Prudential Algebra.'03 The special difficulties of measurement in the social and... | |
 | Sarah Lichtenstein, Paul Slovic - Psychology - 2006 - 709 pages
...comparatively, and the whole matter lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less liable to make a rash step; and in fact I have found great advantage for this kind of equation, in what may be called moral or prudential algebra. - Benjamin Franklin,... | |
 | Dr. Michael Adewale Adeniyi, Ph.D. - Business & Economics - 2007 - 238 pages
...separately and comparatively, and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better and am less liable to make a rash step; and, in fact, I have found great advantage from this kind of equation in what may be called moral or prudential algebra. Test Alternatives. First, using the same methodology as in weighing... | |
 | Ray Corrigan - Computers - 2007 - 321 pages
...separately and comparatively, and the whole lies before me, I think I can judge better, and am less liable to make a rash step, and in fact I have found great advantage from this kind of equation."4 So, when making tough decisions, Franklin went through the rational process of making a... | |
 | Thomas A. Johnson - Law - 2016 - 680 pages
...the whole before me, I think I can judge better, and am less liable to make a rash step, and in fact have found great advantage from this kind of equation, in what may be called moral or prudent algebra. Wishing sincerely that you may determine for the best, I am ever,... | |
| |
