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“Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.”

Thinking May Action Voice Particular Duty Consequence Silent

Author:Augustus Hare

“I am getting much more political as I get older. It's the duty of any writer, in particular, not to stand back from the world.”

World Political Particular Duty

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. At this particular time, however, I think it would be well to consider the high duties and the responsibilities of the makers of literature.”

Thinking Wells Would Be Literature Responsibility Particular Duty Offers Awards Makers Comment Scholarly

Book:William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill [and] John Steinbeck

Source: William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill [and] John Steinbeck

“In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.”

Should Action Past Particular Duty Soldier Improvement Endeavor Spheres

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“Make Him your friend and protector and your felicity is secured both here and hereafter. And with respect to particular duties to Him, it is your happiness that you are well assured that he best serves his Maker, who does most good to his country and to mankind.”

Wells Doe Country Mankind Particular Duty Makers Assured Hereafter Secured Protector Felicity

Author:William Samuel Johnson

“Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's Groundwork); second, a set of duties, not deduced from but derived from this principle, by way of its interpretation or specification, its application to the general conditions of human life - which Kant does in the Doctrine of virtue, the second main part of the Metaphysics of Morals; and then finally an act of judgment, through which these duties are applied to particular cases.”

“Kant regards the universalizability test for maxims as focused on a very special sort of situation: one where the agent is tempted to make an exception to a recognized duty out of self-preference. The universalizability test is supposed help the agent to see, in a particular case of moral judgment, that self-preference is not a satisfactory reason for exempting yourself from a duty you recognize. Kant thinks, as a matter of human nature, that this situation arises often enough and that we need a canon of judgment to guard against it.”

“Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but in holy and religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life.”

Doe States Christian Religious Conditions Particular Duty Holy Perfection

Book:A practical treatise upon Christian perfection

Source: A practical treatise upon Christian perfection

“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a genaral responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful.”

Thinking World Ends Science Time Humanity Individual Work Responsibility Share Particular Duty Aids Improvement Improving Marie

Author:Marie Curie

“The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice”

Seems Desire Choices Animal Particular Duty Tragedy Rational

Author:Mortimer Adler

“Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?”

Source: A Practical View of Preferred Christians