Project Gutenberg 2009-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 152 Diderot, Denis 1713 1784 Diderot, Pantophile Assézat, Jules 1832 1876 Assezat, Jules Assézat, J. (Jules) Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entretien_d%27un_p%C3%A8re_avec_ses_enfants Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants" by Denis Diderot is a philosophical dialogue written in the 18th century. This work serves as a reflection on morality, law, and justice, exploring the complexities of ethical decision-making through a familial conversation. Within this dialogue, Diderot delves into themes concerning the obligations of individuals to adhere to laws that may conflict with their moral intuitions. The narrative unfolds during a poignant conversation between a father and his children, where the father recounts a troubling experience involving the inheritance of a deceased priest. The father faces a moral dilemma when he discovers a testament that unjustly bequeaths the priest's wealth to wealthy book publishers instead of the destitute heirs. He grapples with the question of whether to ignore the testament out of compassion for the poor or to uphold the legal rights of the legatee. Throughout their exchange, the children express differing views on law and morality, leading to a robust debate on the nature of justice, compassion, and the responsibilities that individuals bear towards their society. The dialogue culminates in reflections on the inherent tension between legal obligations and the impulses of human kindness, ultimately revealing the nuanced relationship between ethics and the law. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 18th century PQ Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale FR Nouvelles Category: French Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 86949 2025-07-12T03:30:57.185725 text/html 81340 2021-01-04T23:46:55 text/html 117377 2025-07-12T03:31:02.766688 application/epub+zip 116706 2025-07-12T03:31:00.225720 application/epub+zip 91202 2025-07-12T03:30:59.111745 application/epub+zip 273768 2025-07-12T03:31:04.502715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264367 2025-07-12T03:31:02.096724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232015 2022-09-13T10:11:06.247994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74035 2025-07-12T03:30:56.828716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72426 2021-01-04T23:46:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21125 2025-07-12T03:31:04.630686 application/rdf+xml 18381 2025-07-12T03:30:59.619709 image/jpeg 4242 2025-07-12T03:30:59.367701 image/jpeg 28603 2021-01-04T23:46:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 30073 2021-01-04T23:46:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 119181 2025-07-12T03:30:57.193724 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia