The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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Page 155
... ethics is not simply to promote good conduct : its essential aim is to further life ; and this means something more than the capacity for ethical evaluations and acts . Here lies the mistake of all pharisee- ism and to some extent one ...
... ethics is not simply to promote good conduct : its essential aim is to further life ; and this means something more than the capacity for ethical evaluations and acts . Here lies the mistake of all pharisee- ism and to some extent one ...
Page 212
... Ethics and Civilization . Among American theologians it has become the fashion to speak of ethics without religion as a mere cut flower , with no roots in the soil of life : beautiful , perhaps , but doomed to wither . But careful ...
... Ethics and Civilization . Among American theologians it has become the fashion to speak of ethics without religion as a mere cut flower , with no roots in the soil of life : beautiful , perhaps , but doomed to wither . But careful ...
Page 325
... Ethical development , basis for , 250 Ethical doctrine , Schweitzer's , 213 Ethical philosophies , 175 Ethics , 123 , 131 Ethics and Civilization , Schweitzer's , 212 Ethics , experimental , 123 optimistic , 157 pessimistic , 157 roots of , ...
... Ethical development , basis for , 250 Ethical doctrine , Schweitzer's , 213 Ethical philosophies , 175 Ethics , 123 , 131 Ethics and Civilization , Schweitzer's , 212 Ethics , experimental , 123 optimistic , 157 pessimistic , 157 roots of , ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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