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implementation bring one fame and admiration from his contemporaries or descendants , and that these give one the greatest possible pleasure available to man ? To the truly noble mind the love of fame is not a noble motivation , and to ...
implementation bring one fame and admiration from his contemporaries or descendants , and that these give one the greatest possible pleasure available to man ? To the truly noble mind the love of fame is not a noble motivation , and to ...
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Hence , one must be as humanly certain as possible that he cannot achieve his ethical intention in a way other than via a subsidiary unethical intention . 70 4. The greatest possible good for the greatest possible number .
Hence , one must be as humanly certain as possible that he cannot achieve his ethical intention in a way other than via a subsidiary unethical intention . 70 4. The greatest possible good for the greatest possible number .
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The God who made it possible for Israel to conquer Canaan was the same God who had made it possible for the Canaanites to occupy the land in the first place . If Israel proves unworthy of occupying the land , it too will be dispossessed ...
The God who made it possible for Israel to conquer Canaan was the same God who had made it possible for the Canaanites to occupy the land in the first place . If Israel proves unworthy of occupying the land , it too will be dispossessed ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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