The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Brentano, Franz Clemens

9781330832141: The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1330832140 ISBN 13: 9781330832141

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book offers a novel perspective on ethics and law. The author rejects the idea of natural rights, whether innate or acquired through social development. Instead, the author argues that moral truths are taught by nature herself, and that there is a natural sanction for law and morality. Drawing on psychology and ethics, the author demonstrates that the rightness of an action is analogous to the evidence of a self-evident judgment, and that this rightness gives rise to a legitimate preference for good actions. The author further examines the concept of the good, distinguishing between primary and secondary goods and arguing that only what is good in itself can be truly worthy of love. The book analyzes the complexities of comparing the relative value of goods, acknowledging the limitations of human knowledge in determining absolute superiority. However, the author emphasizes that practical considerations can help guide us in making decisions, as all lesser goods should be made subservient to the good of the widest possible sphere. Ultimately, this book provides a thought-provoking exploration of the origins of ethical knowledge and the natural foundation of law and morality.

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Excerpt from The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong

These thoughts form a fragment of a Descriptive Psychology, which, as I now venture to hope, I may be enabled in the near future to publish in its complete form. In its wide divergence from all that has hitherto been put forward, and especially by reason of its being an essential stage in the further development of some of the views advocated in my Psychology from the Empirical Standpoint it will be sufficiently evident that during the period of my long literary retirement I have not been idle.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong

The present translation owes its origin to a desire on the part of the translator of bringing to the wider notice of his fellow-countrymen a work which has proved beneficial and stimulating to himself. Written during short intervals of leisure while studying with Professor Anton Marty of Prague University, it has had the advantage of his careful and constant supervision. Without his aid it would scarcely have seen the light. The translator has especially to thank Professor S. A. Alexander, of Owens College, Manchester, for his valuable help in the general revision and the translation of several difficult passages. It is now, alas, too late to do more than record the translator's debt to the late Professor Adamson, of Glasgow University, whose revision and correction of this essay was one of the last services rendered to the cause of truth by a life-long disciple.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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