 | William Paley - 1830 - 406 pages
...cold indifference. ' Virtue,' as Mr Paley, in the words of the bishop of Carlisle, § defines it, ' is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The " good of mankind," therefore, is the subject, the " will of God... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 386 pages
...society ; 2. That vice has no advantage over virtue, even in this world. CHAP. VII. VIRTUE. Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. In this definition, the 'good of mankind' is the subject ; the ' will... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 pages
...virtue, even with respect to this world's happiness. „ CHAPTER VII. Virtue. ^ . •>• VIRTUE is H 2 2 X fmrf for the sake of > everlasting happiness.*) *• A According to whicli definition, "the good of... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1832 - 340 pages
...practical chapter on Happiness, and the philosophical portion of the chapter on Virtue. "Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness."* It is not.perhaps very important to observe, that these words, which... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 430 pages
...Even Dr. Paley is an adherent of the selfish system under a modified form. He makes virtue consist in the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God and for the sake of everlasting happiness. According to him the will of God is our rule, but private happiness... | |
 | 1833 - 424 pages
...a violent motive, resulting * Paley, in his Moral Philosophy, Book I. Chap. vii. says : " Virtue is 'the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' According to this definition, 'the good of mankind ' is the subject... | |
 | 1833 - 636 pages
...virtue alone is an unanswerable illustration of the debasing vulgarity of his code — ' Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' So that any one act of good to man in obedience to God, if it arise... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 390 pages
...Even Dr. Paley is an adherent of the selfish system under a modified form. He makes virtue consist in the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God and for the sake of everlasting happiness. According to him the will of God is our rule, but private happiness... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1833 - 378 pages
...the nature of virtue, may be said to contain the essence or kernel of his whole theory. " Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. " According to which definition, the good of mankind is the subject... | |
 | 1833 - 260 pages
...acknowledged to be liable to considerable objections. He commences with the proposition that virtue is doing good to mankind, ' in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The good of- mankind, therefore, is the subject — the will of God,... | |
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the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
