Social Justice: A Critical EssayMacmillan, 1900 - 385 páginas |
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... rules , the correctness of which the individual was not allowed to question . As the doctrine of the right of individual ... rule , was inquired into . Not only were civil laws examined with respect to their validity , but the tenure and ...
... rules , the correctness of which the individual was not allowed to question . As the doctrine of the right of individual ... rule , was inquired into . Not only were civil laws examined with respect to their validity , but the tenure and ...
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... wisdom , all currently accepted rules of morality were fearlessly examined , and declared founded upon no general principles of right . In- dividual interest and individual caprice , it was asserted , 14 SOCIAL JUSTICE.
... wisdom , all currently accepted rules of morality were fearlessly examined , and declared founded upon no general principles of right . In- dividual interest and individual caprice , it was asserted , 14 SOCIAL JUSTICE.
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... rules governing the same subjects at different times or at different places , beneath these inconsistences there may be discovered common moral elements , which give to the rules their ethical validity in so far as they have validity at ...
... rules governing the same subjects at different times or at different places , beneath these inconsistences there may be discovered common moral elements , which give to the rules their ethical validity in so far as they have validity at ...
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... rules of moral obligation being thus considered as having their source in the legislative power of the human mind to set to itself principles of conduct , the idea of natural right necessarily becomes synonymous with those claims which ...
... rules of moral obligation being thus considered as having their source in the legislative power of the human mind to set to itself principles of conduct , the idea of natural right necessarily becomes synonymous with those claims which ...
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... reached deductively . In the chapters which are to follow , we shall examine the chief of those attempts which have been made to declare rules of 1 §§ 197 , 198 . justice of the absolute character that we have de- clared 24 SOCIAL JUSTICE.
... reached deductively . In the chapters which are to follow , we shall examine the chief of those attempts which have been made to declare rules of 1 §§ 197 , 198 . justice of the absolute character that we have de- clared 24 SOCIAL JUSTICE.
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absolute abstract accepted according amount applied assertion canon capital categorical imperative Chapter character civil claim coercion competition conceived conduct considered corrective justice crime criminal law declares demand desire determine distributive justice doctrine duty economic equality ethical evil exercise existence fact force freedom given ground Hegel human idea ideal increase indi individual industry inequalities inflicted interest J. S. Mill justified Kant Kidd labor theory liberty means ment moral moral responsibility motive natural right necessarily necessary nomic object obligation penal law person philosophy Physiocrats political possession possible present principle private ownership private property production property in land property rights punishment question rational realization reason recognized regards régime render result retributive theory rule says secure sense simply social Social Statics socialistic society Spencer T. H. Green tion true utilitarian valid vidual wealth welfare whole wholly
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Página 239 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Página 109 - The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Página 238 - The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control...
Página 240 - Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.
Página 108 - God, who hath given the world to men in common, hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life and convenience. The earth and all that is therein is given to men for the support and comfort of their being.
Página 108 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Página 240 - It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood.
Página 33 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, ' is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Página 76 - If, therefore, the choice were to be made between Communism with all its chances, and the present state of society with all its sufferings and injustices; if the institution of private property necessarily carried with it as a consequence, that the produce of labour should be apportioned as we now see it, almost in an inverse ratio...
Página 42 - For such is the nature of men that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned, yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves; for they see their own wit at hand, and other men's at a distance.