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The goodness of anything, extrinsically considered, must depend upon its inclusion in a wider system. When we consider the individual in this connection we recognize that his goodness can be measured by whether it is limited to the members of his own society or extends through his affections to the entire human species as Shaftesbury suggested that it should1—not the good of these men but of mankind. If this be the case, then what does the individual want for his species, what is his ambition for humanity?
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© 1967 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Feibleman, J.K. (1967). Human Ideals. In: Moral Strategy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9321-4_26
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