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They have emphasized the importance of his appeals to social traditions and manners, to legal prescription and laws, to his passion for liberty connected with civil order and legal justice, to his veneration of "the wisdom of our ...
They have emphasized the importance of his appeals to social traditions and manners, to legal prescription and laws, to his passion for liberty connected with civil order and legal justice, to his veneration of "the wisdom of our ...
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Although justice must always be observed, the determination of what is just in each particular instance, under the different institutions and conditions of mankind, must always vary in its means, according to the infinite variations of ...
Although justice must always be observed, the determination of what is just in each particular instance, under the different institutions and conditions of mankind, must always vary in its means, according to the infinite variations of ...
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Since "the situation of man is the preceptor of his duty," prudence tells us when we should "abate our demands in favor of moderation and justice, and tenderness to individuals." Prudence is not intellectual calculation, but the moral ...
Since "the situation of man is the preceptor of his duty," prudence tells us when we should "abate our demands in favor of moderation and justice, and tenderness to individuals." Prudence is not intellectual calculation, but the moral ...
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In the Tracts Relative to the Laws Against Popery in Ireland, Burke indicated that he derived utility from Cicero's principle of moral equity, which was based upon "original justice." It was a utility "connected with and derived ...
In the Tracts Relative to the Laws Against Popery in Ireland, Burke indicated that he derived utility from Cicero's principle of moral equity, which was based upon "original justice." It was a utility "connected with and derived ...
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... issue with all previous scholarship on Burke in the Morley tradition: Burke's politics . . . were grounded on recognition of the universal natural law of reason and justice ordained by God as the foundation of a good community.
... issue with all previous scholarship on Burke in the Morley tradition: Burke's politics . . . were grounded on recognition of the universal natural law of reason and justice ordained by God as the foundation of a good community.
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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