Social Justice: A Critical EssayMacmillan, 1900 - 385 páginas |
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... simply its formal accordance or non - accordance with some previously accepted rule of conduct , but whether , as a matter of fact , both the ethical motive which prompts its performance is a proper one , and its ultimate as well as ...
... simply its formal accordance or non - accordance with some previously accepted rule of conduct , but whether , as a matter of fact , both the ethical motive which prompts its performance is a proper one , and its ultimate as well as ...
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... simply a principle of utility , the same is true , provided it be admitted , as of course it must be , that a social life is of value to men . For it is within the family and friendly circles that are engendered and cultivated the ...
... simply a principle of utility , the same is true , provided it be admitted , as of course it must be , that a social life is of value to men . For it is within the family and friendly circles that are engendered and cultivated the ...
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... simply as ethical potentialities , all men are equal before Him who holds them in the hollow of His hand . As actual individuals , however , and as standing before God as their judge , men and women must be considered as entitled to ...
... simply as ethical potentialities , all men are equal before Him who holds them in the hollow of His hand . As actual individuals , however , and as standing before God as their judge , men and women must be considered as entitled to ...
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... simply to human beings viewed as beings with moral possibilities . When the ques- tion of moral desert is raised , the only obligation that would seem to be imposed is impartiality . This idea of the spiritual equality of all men was ...
... simply to human beings viewed as beings with moral possibilities . When the ques- tion of moral desert is raised , the only obligation that would seem to be imposed is impartiality . This idea of the spiritual equality of all men was ...
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... nently just . As we shall elsewhere have occasion to point out the proper province of law , it will be suffi- cient here simply to assert that by its very nature and limitations the law is prevented from even at- tempting EQUALITY 53.
... nently just . As we shall elsewhere have occasion to point out the proper province of law , it will be suffi- cient here simply to assert that by its very nature and limitations the law is prevented from even at- tempting EQUALITY 53.
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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.