 | Alexander Bain - 1852 - 304 頁
...diminish the general happiness.' UTILITY. So, then, actions are to be estimated by their tendency. 1 Whatever is expedient, is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone which constitutes the obligation of it. But to all this there seems a plain objection—viz., that many actions... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 454 頁
...paramount authority over every other principle of action. " Whatever is expedient," says Dr. Paley, " is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone which constitutes the obligation of it.3 .... But then, it must be expedient on the whole, at the long run,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 376 頁
...of that action to promote or diminish the general happiness.' So, then, actions are to be estimated by their tendency. Whatever is expedient is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone which constitutes the obligation of it." The second is as follows : — " Actions, in the abstract, are right... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 374 頁
...of that action to promote or diminish the general happiness.' So, then, actions are to be estimated by their tendency. Whatever is expedient is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone which constitutes the obligation of it." The second is as follows : — " Actions, in the abstract, are right... | |
 | William Paley, Richard Whately - 1859 - 264 頁
...fully bear out my remarks. CHAPTER VI. UTILITY. SO then actions are to be estimated by their tendency.1 Whatever is expedient, is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone, which constitutes the obligation of it. But to all this there seems a plain objection, viz. that many actions... | |
 | Robert Woodward Barnwell - 1859 - 102 頁
...is not worth while to set down. (3.) PALEY'S OPINION OF UTILITY. So then actions are to be estimated by their tendency. Whatever is expedient is right. It is the utility of any moral rnle alone, which constitutes the obligation of it. But to all this there seems a plain objection,... | |
 | William Fleming - 1867 - 450 頁
...said (book ii. ch. 6), " So, then, actions are to be estimated by their tendency to promote happiness. Whatever is expedient is right. It is the utility of any moral rule which constitutes the obligation to obey it." But, as moral government can only be administered according... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 頁
...of that action to promote or diminish the general happiness.' So, then, actions are to be estimated by their tendency. Whatever is expedient is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone which constitutes the obligation of it." The second is as follows : — " Actions, in the abstract, are right... | |
 | William Fleming - 1870 - 458 頁
...said (book ii. ch. 6), " So, then, actions are to be estimated by their tendency to promote happiness. Whatever is expedient is right. It is the utility of any moral rule which constitutes the obligation to obey it." But, as moral government can only be administered according... | |
 | David Nasmith - 1873 - 552 頁
...disorder in the body, sometimes by thoughts of the mind .' ' Actions/ says Paley, ' are to be esteemed by their tendency. Whatever is expedient, is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone, which constitutes the obligation of it. Actions in the abstract are right or wrong, according to their tendency... | |
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Whatever is expedient, is right. It is the utility of any moral rule alone, which constitutes the obligation of it. 
