Christian Morals a Series of Lectures
Christian Morals a Series of Lectures
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All that we can say is, in the spirit of the old classic dictum, Deus est anima brutorum, " God is the soul of the brutes. " To pass to the human parent, by the theory of 1 A terra first employed to denote the philosophy of Aristip- pus and the Cyrenaic school, according to which virtue has no characteristics of its own, but is to be sought and valued only for the pleasure which it gives, pleasure being man's sole aim.
266 HEDONISM.
hedonism parental hatred would be inevitable. The first impuls...e of hedonism would be to put the child out of being ; or if there were some hesi- tation at the thought of infanticide, the minute, incessant, annoying labor which the child's neces- sities crave could create only disgust and abhor- rence ; for enforced labor is pain, and whatever gives pain is, on the hedonic theory, an object of dread and hatred. Even were it contended that the mother's intimate relation to the child would make her love her offspring as offspring, as virtu- ally a part of her own being, no such consideration could account for the father's love, care, and self- sacrifice.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
All that we can say is, in the spirit of the old classic dictum, Deus est anima brutorum, " God is the soul of the brutes. " To pass to the human parent, by the theory of 1 A terra first employed to denote the philosophy of Aristip- pus and the Cyrenaic school, according to which virtue has no characteristics of its own, but is to be sought and valued only for the pleasure which it gives, pleasure being man's sole aim.
266 HEDONISM.
hedonism parental hatred would be inevitable. The first impuls...e of hedonism would be to put the child out of being ; or if there were some hesi- tation at the thought of infanticide, the minute, incessant, annoying labor which the child's neces- sities crave could create only disgust and abhor- rence ; for enforced labor is pain, and whatever gives pain is, on the hedonic theory, an object of dread and hatred. Even were it contended that the mother's intimate relation to the child would make her love her offspring as offspring, as virtu- ally a part of her own being, no such consideration could account for the father's love, care, and self- sacrifice.
What to read after Christian Morals a Series of Lectures?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Andrew P Andrew Preston Peabody to read onlineMoreLess
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