moral sense The feeling for what is right, with or without any accompanying intellectual judgment. There is no question here of a specific faeulty operating; the consensus of opinion is opposed to assuming any such faculty. The moral sensibility presupposed by this term seems rather to be the result of the interplay of the imagination … Continue reading “Moral Sense”
Moral Science
Moral Science SEE MORAL PHILOSOPHY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Moral Philosophy
Moral Philosophy Nearly every system of philosophy broached in ancient or modern times has impinged more or less closely upon the domain of morals. Indeed, this part of the field has usually been the most hotly contested, as the theosophical problems which it presents have afforded more occasion for philosophical as well as theological polemics … Continue reading “Moral Philosophy”
Moral Order
Moral Order The phrase may refer to the order or harmony which is often said to be an essential part of the good or virtuous life, but it is generally used in such expressions as “the moral order” or “belief in the existence of a moral order,” which refer either (a) to a conceived transcendental … Continue reading “Moral Order”
Moral Optimism
Moral Optimism See Religious meliorism. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Moral Obligation
Moral Obligation SEE MORAL LAW; SEE MORAL SENSE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Moral Obligation Different opinions have been held as to the ground of moral obligation. Grotius, Balguy, and Dr. Samuel Clarke, place it in the eternal and necessary fitness of things. To this there are two objections. The first is, … Continue reading “Moral Obligation”
Moral Law
Moral Law may be contemplated under three aspects: first, as a branch of the Decalogue, for this, SEE LAW OF MOSES; secondly, in a practical point of view, SEE ETHICS; and, thirdly, in a metaphysical light, as a department of theology or theosophy, which is the only relation under which we here propose to treat … Continue reading “Moral Law”
Moral Judgment
Moral Judgment (a) good or bad judgment in moral matters, (b) any ethical judgment, especially judgments of good and bad, right, wrong, and duty (see ethics). For Kant a moral judgment or imperative is one which enjoins a categorical imperative as contrasted with the hypothetical imperatives of skill and prudence. — W.K.F. Fuente: The Dictionary … Continue reading “Moral Judgment”
Moral Intuitions
Moral Intuitions SEE MORAL SENSE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Moral Inability
Moral Inability SEE INABILITY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature