 ... and I conceive it to be the business of Moral Science to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions...  Seven essays, selected from the works of H. Spencer - Page 75by Herbert Spencer - 1907 - 123 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Bain - Ethics - 1868 - 904 pages
...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct ; and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiuess or misery. ' Perhaps an analogy will most clearly show my meaning. Daring its early stages,... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1869 - 364 pages
...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiaess. Having done this, its deductions uro to be recognized as laws of conduct ; and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness or misery. 'Perhaps an analogy will most clearly show my meaning, During its early stages, planetary Astronomy... | |
 | Alexander Bain - History - 1869 - 348 pages
...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct ; and are to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness or misery. * Perhaps an analogy will most clearly show my meaning. During its early stages, planetary Astronomy... | |
 | 1870 - 440 pages
...conduct are detrimental and others beneficial. These deductions are to be taken as laws of conduct, and to be conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness or misery. Alexander Bain identifies conscience with education under authority. He holds that selfapproval and... | |
 | 1871 - 834 pages
...produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to bo recognised as laws of conduct ; and are to be conformed...enunciation of what I conceive to be the primary basis of morals, contained in this same letter. A subsequent (1) See Prospective Review for January, 1852.... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Ethics - 1871 - 272 pages
...deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct ; and aro to bo conformed to irrespective of a dircct estimation of happiness or misery." Nor is this the only enunciation of what I conceive to bo the primary basis of morals, contained in thia same letter. A subsequent paragraph, separated by... | |
 | England - 1871 - 830 pages
...what kinds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognised as laws of conduct ; and are to he conformed to irrespective of a direct estimation of happiness or misery.'' Nor is this the only... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 386 pages
...happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this, its deductions are to be recognized as laws of conduct; and are to be conformed to irrespective...enunciation of what I conceive to be the primary basis of morals, contained in this same letter. A subsequent paragraph, separated by four lines only from... | |
 | A. Elley Finch - Evidence - 1873 - 168 pages
...what kinds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness, and what kinds to produce unhappiness. Having done this its deductions are to be recognised as laws of conduct. . . . As moral science developes, there are developing in the human race certain fundamental moral... | |
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