Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers
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In Christianity, on the other hand, we early . find that the method of moralists determining right conduct | is to a great extent analogous to that of jurists interpreting a code. It is^ aRsnmPf^ thai- Hivjpf^ rnmrnanHs hi^y^ Wn imp licitly given for all occasions of life , and that they are to be ascertained in particular cases by application of the general rules obtained from texts of Scripture, and by analogical inference from scriptural examples. This juridi- cal method descended naturally ...from the JejEisli. theocracy, which was universalised in Christendom. MoraLiosight, in the vi e w nf t he most th oiip htfnl Jews of the age imme di- ntfily prpredinc r^riy^'ff^ityj w^ ^r>n/>AiVpf^ pg imnwlpfj ^f^ of a divine c odgr emanatinp ; from ^n authoritY fixte^^^ ^^ human reason, whirh latter had OP^y ^^^ f unction of int er- preting its rules and applying them to difficult cas es. The normal motives to obey this law were trust in the promises and fear of the judgments of the Divine Lawgiver, who had made a special covenant to protect the Jewish people, on condition that they rendered Him due obedience ; and the sources firom which knowledge of the law was actually gained had the complexity often exhibited by the juris- prudence of an advanced community.
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