Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... moral opinions . " In his Thoughts on French Affairs ( 1791 ) , he called it " a revolution of doc- trine and theoretical dogma . " In a letter to his son , written in November 1792 , Burke called the Revolution " an event which has ...
... moral opinions . " In his Thoughts on French Affairs ( 1791 ) , he called it " a revolution of doc- trine and theoretical dogma . " In a letter to his son , written in November 1792 , Burke called the Revolution " an event which has ...
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... moral and religious ideals , " but like Morley , he concluded that Burke made " expediency the ultimate principle of politics . " In 1913 , John MacCunn , an excellent Burke scholar , also argued that Burke was a utilitarian , and ...
... moral and religious ideals , " but like Morley , he concluded that Burke made " expediency the ultimate principle of politics . " In 1913 , John MacCunn , an excellent Burke scholar , also argued that Burke was a utilitarian , and ...
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... moral principles : My principles enable me to form my judgment upon men and actions in history , just as they do in common life , and are not formed out of events and characters , either present or past . History is a preceptor of ...
... moral principles : My principles enable me to form my judgment upon men and actions in history , just as they do in common life , and are not formed out of events and characters , either present or past . History is a preceptor of ...
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... moral necessity , but be- cause the will of man is free to obey or defy the moral law , and be- cause his social circumstances are infinitely varied , in contingent matters and details there can be no general laws . Although justice ...
... moral necessity , but be- cause the will of man is free to obey or defy the moral law , and be- cause his social circumstances are infinitely varied , in contingent matters and details there can be no general laws . Although justice ...
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... moral questions are ever abstract questions . " Prudence was for him not primarily an intellectual but a moral virtue ; as such it was a corrective and the best positive alternative to the errors of metaphysical abstraction and ...
... moral questions are ever abstract questions . " Prudence was for him not primarily an intellectual but a moral virtue ; as such it was a corrective and the best positive alternative to the errors of metaphysical abstraction and ...
Contents
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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 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
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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