Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American ReformKnopf, 1952 - 503 pages |
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Page 173
... moral absolutists , re- formers or conservatives . " No moral judgment can decide the values of life . No ethical theory can announce any intrinsic good . " A reformer who did not act on this as- sumption was a “ routineer . . . simply ...
... moral absolutists , re- formers or conservatives . " No moral judgment can decide the values of life . No ethical theory can announce any intrinsic good . " A reformer who did not act on this as- sumption was a “ routineer . . . simply ...
Page 209
... moral significance of the controversy between Germany and her opponents . We were accepting the major premise of the pro - Ally propaganda which had proclaimed from the start the superior political righteousness of the Allied cause ...
... moral significance of the controversy between Germany and her opponents . We were accepting the major premise of the pro - Ally propaganda which had proclaimed from the start the superior political righteousness of the Allied cause ...
Page 345
... moral democracy .. but the two - edged sword of relativism : ' All standards , morals , and traditions are relative , merely reflecting self - interest and econom- ics . ' . . " Chapter Two . Next comes the liberal's son . What a clever ...
... moral democracy .. but the two - edged sword of relativism : ' All standards , morals , and traditions are relative , merely reflecting self - interest and econom- ics . ' . . " Chapter Two . Next comes the liberal's son . What a clever ...
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Bejabers Im Worth Me Thousands 3 8 | 3 |
Thrust from the | 9 |
From the Bottom Up | 24 |
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