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    Recent Tendencies in Ethics: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge
    Recent Tendencies in Ethics: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge
    Recent Tendencies in Ethics: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge
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    Recent Tendencies in Ethics: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge

    By W. R. Sorley

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    'Recent Tendencies in Ethics' is the publication of a three part series of Lectures on Ethics by the Scottish philosopher W.R. Sorley. Sorley delivered the lectures at Cambridge University in 1904. Sorley's main philosophical interest was the place of moral values in the constitution of the universe. In the book he offers his opinion on what the Ethics of his day appear like and what they should be.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 23, 2019
    ISBN4064066149017
    Recent Tendencies in Ethics: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge

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