 | Walker Gwynne - 1917 - 472 pages
...the Psalms to Christ. Leet. II. gree those who were concerned — would feel, is by no means malice. It is one of the common bonds by which society is held together — a weapon put into our hands by nature . . . which may be innocently employed . . . one of the instruments... | |
 | Albert Edward Baker - 1923 - 150 pages
...and injustice, and the desire of having them punished, is felt by persons disinterested. This latter is one of the common bonds by which society is held...individual has in behalf of the whole species as well as of himself ; it is to be considered as a weapon put into our hands by Nature, against injury, injustice,... | |
 | David W. Augsburger - 1996 - 196 pages
...of having it punished ... is by no means malice. No, it is resentment against vice and wickedness; it is one of the common bonds by which society is...has in behalf of the whole species, as well as of oneself" (Butler 1896, 141). To love one's enemies, he says, is to encounter them with "a due natural... | |
 | Sharon Lamb, Jeffrie G. Murphy - 2002 - 289 pages
...Butler notes that proper resentment can have social value: "resentment against vice and wickedness ... is one of the common bonds, by which society is held together" (1726/1970, p. 75). Since Butler, like Rawls, emphasizes that the object of resentment is wrongful... | |
 | David W. Augsburger - 2004 - 284 pages
...of having it punished ... is by no means malice. No, it is resentment against vice and wickedness; it is one of the common bonds by which society is...individual has in behalf of the whole species, as well as oneself (Butler 1726, 141). One can love one's enemies by also encountering them with "a due natural... | |
 | Cheshire Calhoun Professor of Philosophy Colby College - 2003 - 404 pages
...and cruelty," Butler viewed deliberate resentment, when not gmundless, extravagant or vengeful, as "one of the common bonds, by which society is held together; a fellow, feeling, which each individual has in behalf of the whole species." It is that ln which "Men... | |
 | David Konstan - 2006 - 441 pages
...injustice, and is directed 'against vice and wickedness.' As distinct from malice, this kind of resentment 'is one of the common bonds, by which society is held...has in behalf of the whole species, as well as of himself (141). 1 1 On the role of anger, as opposed to hatred, in justifying mass exterminations, see... | |
 | Margaret Urban Walker - 2006 - 231 pages
...will feel. Butler viewed deliberate resentment, when neither groundless, extravagant, nor vengeful, as "one of the common bonds, by which society is held...has in behalf of the whole species, as well as of himself." 8 It is that by which "Men are 5 See Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments: on animal resentment,... | |
 | Jerome Neu - 2007 - 304 pages
...Butler notes that proper resentment can have social value: "resentment against vice and wickedness ... is one of the common bonds, by which society is held together" (75). Since Butler, like Rawls, emphasizes that the object of resentment is wrongful injury rather... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1820 - 566 pages
...No, it is refentment againft vice and wickednefs : it is one of the common bonds, by which fociety is held together ; a fellow-feeling, which each individual has in behalf of the whole fpecies, as well as of* himfelf. And it does not appear that this, generally fpeaking, is at all too... | |
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The indignation raised by cruelty and injustice, and the desire of having it punished, which persons unconcerned would feel, is by no means malice. No, it is resentment against vice and wickedness : it is one of the common bonds, by which society is held... 
