Elements Of Science Moral And Religious

Author : S. A. Jewett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330439821
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Elements of Science, Moral and Religious written by S. A. Jewett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elements of Science, Moral and Religious: A Text Book for Schools and General Use This book is designed to meet a want that has always existed, and is now realized, namely: such treatment and presentation of Moral Philosophy as fits it for public school instruction in morals and religion without sectarian bias. Recent and earnest discussion in the leading quarterlies and other periodicals is a sure index of the importance of the subject, and of public interest in it. There is but one way to effect this: It is to point out the true idea in morals and in religion, and their relation to each other. In other words, to present the true underlying principles. In treatises on moral philosophy there is diversity as to the basis of morals. Pleasure, happiness, utility, the fitness of things, law, divine and human, are severally set up. These, indeed, are more or less auxiliary in the formation of moral character, but the underlying principle in morals is to be found in the disposition to do right; in the love of the right; in the good will, the will obedient to the right, and existing in the moral nature that demands the exercise of the good will, demands duty. This accords with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Aristotle, and also with higher authority - that of Jesus - who always refers us to the thoughts and intents of the heart as the source from which are the issues of life. Without this good-will, there can be no true moral act. With it there must also be intelligence to direct the activities of the good will. This moral intelligence we have from two sources: (1) The self-evident; as, for instance, it is immediately evident to any man of good common sense that it would be right to obey God. (2) From the true idea in any thought, sentiment, law, institution or moral object. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.