 | John Rawls - 2009 - 497 pages
...supremely authoritative. We have to keep in mind what he says in par. 6 of III (p. 71): "Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should...the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature: it therefore belongs to our condition of being, it is our duty to walk in that path, and follow this... | |
 | 1903 - 412 pages
...conscience approves of and attests to such an action is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should...that it is our natural guide — the guide assigned to us by the Author of our nature ; it, therefore, belongs to our condition of being. It is our duty... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1820 - 566 pages
...obligation. Confcience does not only offer itfelf to mow us the way we fhould walk in, but it likewife carries its own authority with it, that it is our natural guide ; the guide affigned us by the Author of our nature : it therefore belongs to our condition of being, it is our... | |
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Your obligation to obey this law, is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should walk in,... 
