Paley's Moral Philosophy: With Annotations (1859) - Tapa dura

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Works of the justly celebrated Archdeacon Paley especially hisN atural Theology andE vidences, are more read than his Moral Philosophy, and have met with more unmixed approbation this last has been exercising great influence not only directly, but indirectly. Having long been an established Text-book at a great and flourishing University it has laid the foundation of theM oral Principles of many hundreds probably thousands of Youths while under a course of training designed to qualify them for being afterwards theM oral instructors of Millions. Such a Work therefore cannot fail to exercise a very considerable and extensive influence on theM inds of successive generations. And accordingly, to supply any needful explanations, illustrations, or modifications of its principles, and above all, to correct any considerable errors in them, cannot be deemed a superfluous or an imimportant task. Besides several other well-known Writers, as Dugald Stewart, Sir J. Mackintosh, c., who are opposed toP aleys utilitarian theory, there is one Writer Dr. Whewell whom it is the more important to particularize, from his having been a distinguished Professor of Moral Philosophy in Paley sown University. And from a Work of his accordingly I have cited some extracts. I am far from thinking that Paleys Work ought not to be one of the Text-books employed. But the study of it should be accompanied with cautions to theY oung Student against adopting the whole of hisS
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