The Conduct of LifeDiscusses 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. -- Publisher's description. |
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2 : CONDITIONS FOR MORAL RENEWAL The conditions for re - establishing ethical values in our civilization are those under which conscious moral direction originally came into existence . As respects qualities , the first essential change ...
2 : CONDITIONS FOR MORAL RENEWAL The conditions for re - establishing ethical values in our civilization are those under which conscious moral direction originally came into existence . As respects qualities , the first essential change ...
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My own experience as a teacher in getting student reactions to situations that involved the acceptance or the moral reprobation of senseless criminal violence , makes me believe that perhaps as much as a third of our student population ...
My own experience as a teacher in getting student reactions to situations that involved the acceptance or the moral reprobation of senseless criminal violence , makes me believe that perhaps as much as a third of our student population ...
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... 201 Moral Equivalent for War , 278 Moral error , Pierre's , 167 Moral greatness , Schweitzer's , 214 Moral ideal , 166 Moral judgment , 149 Moral life , 168 Moral principles , absoluteness of , 163 Moral relativity , as false ...
... 201 Moral Equivalent for War , 278 Moral error , Pierre's , 167 Moral greatness , Schweitzer's , 214 Moral ideal , 166 Moral judgment , 149 Moral life , 168 Moral principles , absoluteness of , 163 Moral relativity , as false ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Conduct of Life Volume 34 of Harvest book Harvest book, HB 34 |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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