...say, " may be briefly expressed in the phrase that morality is internal. The moral law, we may say, has to be expressed in the form, ' be this,' not in the form, ' do this.' The possibility of expressing any rule in this form may be regarded as deciding whether it can or cannot...

...pernicious or beneficial.2 It is essential to social vitality that actions result from inner feelings. Hence the moral law has to be expressed in the form, " Be this," not in the form " Do this." The utilitarian theory, which makes happiness the criterion of morality, coincides approximately with...

...the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also." As Leslie Stephen says: "The moral law has to be expressed in the form, ' Be this,' not in the form ' Do this ! ' " " Regulate a man's feelings or his actions, and you necessarily affect his actions or his feelings....

...solely by feelings of pleasure or pain, or by ideas of pleasure or pain." Discuss this statement. 7. " The moral law has to be expressed in the form, Be this ! not in the form, Do this !" Explain and illustrate by reference to successive stages of actual moral development. 8. What is...

...codes. It may be briefly expressed in the phrase that morality is internal. The moral law, we may say, has to be expressed in the form, 'be this,' not in the form, ' do this.' The possibility of expressing any rule in this form may be regarded as deciding whether it can or cannot...

...say, has 1 Jacobi's Werke, vol. ii., Vorrede, pp. 51-55. 1 Data of Ethics, chap- v., § 24, p. 64. to be expressed in the form, " Be this," not in the form, " Do this." The possibility of expressing any rule in this form may be regarded as deciding whether it can or cannot...

...characterise with illustrations the forms of Evil that are non-moral. 5. "The moral law, we may say, has to be expressed in the form, Be this, not in the form Do this." Compare this with Kant's categorical imperative, and show if there is essential harmony or any conflict...

...specifically matter for musical expression. And according to Leslie Stephen: — " The moral law, we may say, has to be expressed in the form, ' Be this,' not in the form ' Do this.' The possibility of expressing any rule in this form may be regarded as deciding whether it can or cannot...

...specifically matter for musical expression. And according to Leslie Stephen: — " The moral law, we may say, has to be expressed in the form, ' Be this,' not in the form ' Do this." The possibility of expressing any rule in this form may be regarded as deciding whether it can or cannot...

...the deed. So that Leslie Stephen was eminently Christian when he said: " The moral law, we may say, has to be expressed in the form, 'Be this,' not in the form 'Do this'." This was the contrast of the Mosaic law with the law of Christ: the one said, " Do right," the other,...