The Principles of Moral Science An Essay
The Principles of Moral Science An Essay
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This act of will subsists within God himself, nay, is really identified with the divine substance, but must be conceived by us as an act or enactment, which, subsisting in him, is ex- pressed in the natures that he has produced, and may, therefore, be known by studying these natures. This act of will whereby God requires all who are capable of directing their actions in accordance with reason, so to do, is a law in the strict sense; the " eternal law" it is usually called, since in a most true ...sense it existed from all eternity, like every other act of God. It is sufficiently promulgated even where its provisions are entirely un- known or wrapped in doubt; for, as we shall see later on, 1 promulgation does not imply actual knowledge on the part of the subjects of the legislator, but only such conditions as are sufficient to make it possible for them to attain a knowledge of his will.
When it is stated that this eternal law has been graven not on tables of stone but on the hearts of men, the mean- ing is that the human intellect is capable of knowing by intuition the first principles of the moral order, and of deducing from these the remotest conclusions regarding morality, as far as ever the natural law extends.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This act of will subsists within God himself, nay, is really identified with the divine substance, but must be conceived by us as an act or enactment, which, subsisting in him, is ex- pressed in the natures that he has produced, and may, therefore, be known by studying these natures. This act of will whereby God requires all who are capable of directing their actions in accordance with reason, so to do, is a law in the strict sense; the " eternal law" it is usually called, since in a most true ...sense it existed from all eternity, like every other act of God. It is sufficiently promulgated even where its provisions are entirely un- known or wrapped in doubt; for, as we shall see later on, 1 promulgation does not imply actual knowledge on the part of the subjects of the legislator, but only such conditions as are sufficient to make it possible for them to attain a knowledge of his will.
When it is stated that this eternal law has been graven not on tables of stone but on the hearts of men, the mean- ing is that the human intellect is capable of knowing by intuition the first principles of the moral order, and of deducing from these the remotest conclusions regarding morality, as far as ever the natural law extends.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Walter Mcdonald to read onlineMoreLess
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