Brother Azarias paraphrases and praises the ethics of the Papal
Encyclical. J. S. Mackenzie starts from Kant’s famous remarks that two
things fill our minds with reverence, the starry, heavens above and the
moral law within. The worship of these two separately and the worship of
them in combination are set forth as the three great religions of the
world. Fanny Hertz pleads for the abolishment of war. She quotes largely
from Bertha Suttner’s novel, “Die Waffen nieder,” and from Friederich’s
letters. Authority, according to Professor Nettleship, is “the power
which in the sphere of conduct, in the long run determines our practice
and in the sphere of intellect in the long run determines our assent.”
There are roughly speaking four kinds of authority: (1) the authority
of law, (2) the authority of religious bodies, (3) the authority of
society or public opinion and (4) the authority of great men. Where
is the seat of authority? “For each individual,” Professor Nettleship
maintains, “the absolute guide can, in the long run be no other than his
own conscience.” The origin of conscience and the criterion whether the
voice of conscience be true or not are not explained. (Philadelphia:
_International Journal of Ethics_, 118 S. Twelfth Street.)
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MIND. New Series. No. 1. January, 1892.