Project Gutenberg 2015-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 309 Brentano, Franz 1838 1917 Brentano, Franz Clemens Hague, Cecil 03001602 Vom Ursprung sittlicher Erkenntnis. English The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong Produced by Chuck Greif and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong" by Franz Brentano is a philosophical lecture published in the early 20th century. It addresses the intricate connections between ethics, law, and the conception of natural rights, while critiquing contemporary philosophical positions on these topics. This text aims to explore the origins and nature of moral knowledge and to delineate the natural foundations upon which ethical principles stand. The opening of the lecture presents Brentano's invitation from the Vienna Law Society to discuss the aspects of natural right in relation to previous thoughts expressed by fellow jurist Ihering. Brentano outlines his intent to explore the concept of a "natural sanction" for law and morality, clearly differentiating his stance from Ihering's views. He asserts the importance of a universally valid moral law, arguing against the idea of innate moral principles and emphasizing the need for historical and philosophical context in legal studies. This sets the stage for an in-depth examination of ethical concepts that will unfold throughout the discourse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Ethics BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Philosophy & Ethics 471818 2025-06-19T16:37:35.549393 text/html 447235 2024-10-24T17:34:40 text/html 231662 2025-06-19T16:37:44.836297 application/epub+zip 237229 2025-06-19T16:37:37.057341 application/epub+zip 208764 2025-06-19T16:37:36.275336 application/epub+zip 397970 2025-06-19T16:37:50.024272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347553 2025-06-19T16:37:44.056324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318880 2022-09-22T10:10:36.848568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387686 2025-06-19T16:37:34.047389 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367757 2024-10-24T17:34:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16770 2025-06-19T16:37:50.200271 application/rdf+xml 13761 2025-06-19T16:37:36.410374 image/jpeg 2208 2025-06-19T16:37:36.343347 image/jpeg 219771 2025-06-19T16:37:35.591308 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 en.wikipedia