Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney.

  • Whitney, William T., 1878-
Date:
[1915], ©1915
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Credit: Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The moral problem has been too much a matter of words and abstract discussion. It has been in a certain sense a negative problem. A concrete case here and there has been used to illustrate the moral problem and prove an ethical question raised. An example or il- lustration, however, neither proves nor disproves. It may focus the attention, but logical and definite con- clusions cannot be drawn from a few illustrations or brilliant half-truths. The great truths of life are simple and universal. They are therefore capable of exact proof. [27]