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... common good differeth . . . from the private ; and being by nature inclined to their private , they procure [ not ] thereby the common benefit . ” In no other area of life are our acts so at odds with what we profess , which is reason ...
... common good differeth . . . from the private ; and being by nature inclined to their private , they procure [ not ] thereby the common benefit . ” In no other area of life are our acts so at odds with what we profess , which is reason ...
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... common good ; or if they shrank from the supreme sacrifice , it never occurred to them that they acted other- wise than basely in preferring their personal existence to the interests of their country . All this was changed by the spread ...
... common good ; or if they shrank from the supreme sacrifice , it never occurred to them that they acted other- wise than basely in preferring their personal existence to the interests of their country . All this was changed by the spread ...
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... common - sense meaning of the word , which is confidence . It is a meaning well known to religion through Jesus ' question , " Why are yc afraid , O ye of little faith ? " and through Paul's accent on faith as trust . If life is to go ...
... common - sense meaning of the word , which is confidence . It is a meaning well known to religion through Jesus ' question , " Why are yc afraid , O ye of little faith ? " and through Paul's accent on faith as trust . If life is to go ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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ability absolute Academic freedom accept Aldous Huxley altruism answer anthropology appreciation Arthur Compton Ashley Montagu assume basic beauty become belief cerned Chapter common concept concern confidence context conviction creative cultural relativism culture Dean Thomas democracy develop dogmatism E. G. Boring economic egoism equal Eric Fromm evaluations evidence fact faith fallibilism feeling human HUSTON SMITH ideal ideas important individual intellectual interests involves keep kind knowledge liberal education lives man's mean mind minor premise moral motivations nature neutrality never objectivist objectivity obvious one's patterns perspectives philosophy political possible precisely principle problem psychological question reality reason relativism religion religious responsibility secular secularist selfish sense significant situation social society specific spirit stand statism teachers things thinking thought tion true truth turn understanding University valid values versus whole word