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A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man.Importance of morality.

A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man.:... According to my ideas of the moral character of Man, his actions ought to be subordinate, or conformable to the whole of the faculties proper to mankind, and all actions which are in contradiction to the whole of these properly human faculties are bad. The point which I wish now to impress on the minds of my readers is, that human nature is so constituted by the Creator, that morality is as necessary to the prosperity of Mankind, as oxygen to combustion, caloric to vegetation, and respiration to human life, and that not the animal but the human powers are the end of human existence. The primary virtues, essential to the existence of society, are withdrawn from our election and choice, nor are they left to be directed only by so weak a principle as reason; they are identified with human nature by the dictates of creation. Submission alone to the indispensable laws of morality is left to our choice. In doing so only can we contribute to the improvement of Mankind. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man.Importance of morality.

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Marsh, Capen & Lyon
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Copyright © 1832 American Psychological Association
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141 –148
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10.1037/11900-005
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According to my ideas of the moral character of Man, his actions ought to be subordinate, or conformable to the whole of the faculties proper to mankind, and all actions which are in contradiction to the whole of these properly human faculties are bad. The point which I wish now to impress on the minds of my readers is, that human nature is so constituted by the Creator, that morality is as necessary to the prosperity of Mankind, as oxygen to combustion, caloric to vegetation, and respiration to human life, and that not the animal but the human powers are the end of human existence. The primary virtues, essential to the existence of society, are withdrawn from our election and choice, nor are they left to be directed only by so weak a principle as reason; they are identified with human nature by the dictates of creation. Submission alone to the indispensable laws of morality is left to our choice. In doing so only can we contribute to the improvement of Mankind. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Aug 10, 2009

Keywords: human nature; morality; moral character

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