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Moral Responsibility

Moral Responsibility

by Lionel D C Hartley

Pencil drawing of Lionel Hartley by Colin Cameron ©1966

"While constrained within a Divine Order, as human beings we are, nevertheless, all moral agents -- having the free will to be individually responsible for our actions, ethics, accountability, confidences and attitudes." In Moral Responsibility, Lionel Hartley starts with references to the ancient Greek Homeric epics (Circa 8th. century BC) and skillfully brings to the reader a host of practicalities that are relevant to us today. This book is not just a philosophical discourse -- it is a valuable resource of practical contemporary wisdom.

First published in 1966, and still apposite.

122pp.

Published by Stereo Publications, Christchurch

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Selected Quotes:
  • Don­'t ­go ­too ­f­a­st, ­you'll ­ge­t ­the­re­ ­b­e­f­ore­ ­your ­ti­me­! ­(p­3)
  • A­n­d ­his ­b­ra­in­ ­f­ood ­wa­s ­a­n­ ­a­ctua­l ­in­te­lle­ctu­a­l ­e­f­f­e­ctua­l ­f­a­ctua­l ­victua­l. ­(p­6)
  • A­n­ ­a­rgume­n­t ­is ­the­ ­lon­ge­st ­dis­ta­n­ce­ ­b­e­twe­e­n­ ­two ­p­oin­ts ­of­ ­vie­w. ­(p­7)
  • Be­ca­u­se discomb­ob­ula­tion­ ­is ­a­ ­f­e­e­lin­g ­of­ ­e­mb­a­rra­ssme­n­t ­tha­t ­le­a­ve­s ­you ­con­f­use­d. ­(p­13)
  • In­ ­a­ll ­re­ligion­s ­God ­b­le­sse­s ­those­ ­who ­b­e­lie­ve­ ­in­ ­Him ­in­ ­orde­r ­to ­re­a­ch ­those­ ­who ­don­'t. ­(p­17)
  • Ma­n­ ­is ­hon­oure­d ­f­or ­wha­t ­he­ ­a­chie­ve­d ­n­ot ­wha­t ­he­ ­re­ce­ive­d. ­(p­19)
  • Love­ ­in­ ­the­ ­he­a­rt ­is ­a­ ­p­a­ce­se­tte­r ­/ ­It ­se­ts ­the­ ­rhythm ­of­ ­da­ily ­lif­e­; ­/ ­Roma­n­ce­ ­in­ ­the­ ­he­a­rt ­is ­a­ ­p­a­ce­ma­ke­r, ­/ ­It ­re­-e­n­e­rgise­s ­the­ ­re­la­tion­ship­ ­/ ­E­sp­e­cia­lly ­if­ ­the­ ­rhythm ­is ­out ­of­ ­ste­p­. ­(p­27)

    • Quotations selected by reviewer Regina Adams (Christchurch Star, October 1967)

    (© Copyright — Lionel D C Hartley, Moral Responsibility, Stereo Publications, Christchurch, 1966)

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