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... reason ( and the only good reason ) for approving a particular action is that it is the carrying - out of a rule ; and a good reason ( and the only good reason ) for approving a rule is that its general adoption would do good on the ...
... reason ( and the only good reason ) for approving a particular action is that it is the carrying - out of a rule ; and a good reason ( and the only good reason ) for approving a rule is that its general adoption would do good on the ...
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... reason for doing so , any more than it makes sense to ask a man who likes the taste of rough cider whether he has a good reason for liking it . More- over , the same action or rule may evoke approval in one man and disapproval in ...
... reason for doing so , any more than it makes sense to ask a man who likes the taste of rough cider whether he has a good reason for liking it . More- over , the same action or rule may evoke approval in one man and disapproval in ...
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... reason ' for his own moral decision can never have any logical relation to the decision but only a causal relation . A ' good reason ' means again only a successful persuasive utterance.1 Yet these are consistent conclusions for a non ...
... reason ' for his own moral decision can never have any logical relation to the decision but only a causal relation . A ' good reason ' means again only a successful persuasive utterance.1 Yet these are consistent conclusions for a non ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir Charles Webster | 15 |
Walter de la MARE AND THE TRAVELLER Warton Lecture on English | 23 |
THE OLDEST SLAVONIC TRADITION OF BYZANTINE MUSIC By Carsten | 37 |
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