The Instructed Conscience: The Shaping of the American National Ethic

D. H. Meyer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1972

The Instructed Conscience

The Shaping of the American National Ethic

D. H. Meyer

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512804546

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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"These texts . . . present us with the official ethic of nineteenth-century America, and acquaint us with a system of values that is not without influence even in our own day."--Theology Digest

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
llustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Part I: THE TEACHING OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
1. Moral Philosophy and Its Uses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Representative Men Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Assumptions and Attitudes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Part II: MAN’S MORAL NATURE
4. The Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
5. Conscience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
6. Will Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Part III: THE VIRTUOUS LIFE
7. Moral Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
8. The Performance of Duty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
9. The Nature of True Virtue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Part IV: MORAL GOVERNMENT
10. The Moral Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
11. Moral Government and Political Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
12. A Moral Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Part V: AN AMERICAN MORAL PERSPECTIVE
13. The Passing of Moral Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
14. Textbook Moralism and the Public Conscience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Appendix I: Biographical Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Appendix II: Varieties of Ethical Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1972
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512804546