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Page 47
... motive of action than the notion of his own personal interest ; the idea of virtue , on the contrary , implies something distinct from selfishness ; it has , therefore , no prin . ciple in the intelligence . Virtue can proceed only from ...
... motive of action than the notion of his own personal interest ; the idea of virtue , on the contrary , implies something distinct from selfishness ; it has , therefore , no prin . ciple in the intelligence . Virtue can proceed only from ...
Page 129
... motive of all virtue , of all right conduct ; a motive that sometimes operates directly , and sometimes indirect . ly , by the rules generalized from experience , but al- ways to the exclusion of other motives . Yet Smith confesses in ...
... motive of all virtue , of all right conduct ; a motive that sometimes operates directly , and sometimes indirect . ly , by the rules generalized from experience , but al- ways to the exclusion of other motives . Yet Smith confesses in ...
Page 166
... motive only as a means to a private end ; that is to say , is not a motive at all . Yet , although his fundamental principle gives but this one motive , and although his own analysis resolves a regard for public utility into a mere ...
... motive only as a means to a private end ; that is to say , is not a motive at all . Yet , although his fundamental principle gives but this one motive , and although his own analysis resolves a regard for public utility into a mere ...
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