Sentences with phrase «great moral philosopher»

That said, like that great moral philosopher Lucy van Pelt, I haven't ruled out stupidity yet.

Better to be like the great moral philosopher Linus van Pelt, who carried a candle at night, and his sister Lucy asked him why he was doing so.

Jefferson thought Jesus to be a great moral philosopher and wanted to focus on that aspect of the New Testament — his teachings on how one should treat others.

Adam Smith, the great moral philosopher and founder of classical economics, tells us that the market requires a moral - legal foundation.

David Hume, one of our greatest moral philosophers, said that moral truths must «take possession of the heart»; otherwise, «they can have no influence on conduct and behaviour.»

Not exact matches

There is in most of us a spark of reason, and much was achieved for universal human moral standing by the great Stoic philosophers who emphasized this logos in us all.

The sheer length and complexity of great novels, their patient playing out of the consequences of our moral choices, make them infinitely more useful than the brief schematic narratives that are commonly employed by moral philosophers to illustrate their claims.

Most modern theories of moral reasoning, he learned, were powerfully shaped by one of two great philosophers: Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill.