The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong

The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong

THIS lecture, which I now bring before the notice of a larger public, was delivered by me before the Vienna Law Society on January 23, 1889. It then bore the title: Of the Natural Sanction for Law and Morality. This title I have changed in order to bring its general purport more clearly into prominence; otherwise I have made scarcely any further alteration. Numerous notes have been added, and an already published essay: Miklosich on Subjectless Propositions appended. In what way it bears upon inquiries apparently so remote will be evident in the sequel. The occasion of the lecture was an invitation extended to me by Baron Von Hye, President of the Society. It was his wish that what had been said here a few years ago by Ihering, as jurist, in his address, ber die Entstehung des Rechtsgefhls, might in the same Society be illustrated by me from the philosophic point of view. It would be a mistake to assume from the incidental nature of the circumstances to which it owed its first appearance that the Essay was only a fugitive, occasional study. It embraces the fruits of many years reflection. The discussions it contains form the ripest product of all that I have hitherto published. These thoughts form a fragment of a Descriptive Psychology, which, as I now venture to hope, I may be enabled in the near future to publish in its complete form. In its wide divergence from all that has hitherto been put forward, and especially by reason of its being an essential stage in the further development of some of the views advocated in my Psychology from the Empirical Standpoint it will be sufficiently evident that during the period of my long literary retirement I have not been idle. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49228
Author: Brentano, Franz
Release Date: Jun 17, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Hague, Cecil