An Inquiry Into the Accordancy of War With the Principles of Christianity
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Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Accordancy of War With the Principles of Christianity: And an Examination of the Philosophical Reasoning by Which It Is Defended, With Observations on Some of the Causes of War and on Some of Its Effects Dr. Paley´s "Moral and Political Philosophy" - Chapter "on War.´ Mode of discusssing the question of its lawfulness; This mode inconsistent with the professed principles of the Moral Pilosophy - with the usual practice of the author; Inapplicability of the principles proposed by the Moral Philosophy to the purposes of life; Dr. Paley´s Evidences of Christianity; Inconsistency of its statements with the principles of the Moral Philosophy; Argument in favour of war from the excess of male births; - from the lawfulness of coercion on the part of the civil magistrate; Right of self-defence - Mode of maintaining the right from the instincts of nature; Attack of an assassin - Principles on which killing an assassin is defended; Consequences of these principles; Unconditional reliance upon Providence on the subject of defence; Safety of this reliance - Evidence by experience in private life - by natural experience; General observations; Effects Of War; Social consequences; Political consequences; Opinions of Dr. Johnson; Moral consequences; Upon The Military Character; Familiarity with human destruction - with plunder; Incapacity for regular pursuits - "half-pay"; Implicit submission to superiors; Its effects on the independence of the mind; - on the moral character; Resignation of moral agency; Military power despotic; Upon The Community; Peculiar contagiousness of military depravity; Animosity of party - Spirit of resentment; Privateering - Its peculiar atrocity; Mercenaries - Loan of armies; Prayers for the success of war; The duty of a subject who believes that all war is incompatible with Christianity; Conclusion About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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