Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897

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            glauben; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s489" xml:space="preserve">ſondern die Quelle des Gewiſſens iſt die natur-
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            gemäße, moraliſche Neigung, von der der Menſch ſich zwar,
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            wie von allen Neigungen, auf Zeiten frei machen kann, die
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            aber unter Umſtänden mächtig genug erwacht, um ihr Recht
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            geltend zu machen.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s491" xml:space="preserve">Wir halten daher die Moral für eine dem Menſchen-
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            geſchlecht natürliche Neigung, für eine naturgemäße Richtung
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            ſeines Geiſtes, und finden es deshalb erklärlich, weshalb die
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            Moral-Lehren zwar ſich mehr oder weniger ausgebildet vorfinden
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            in verſchiedenen Völkern und Zeiten, jedoch das moraliſche Thun
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            und Laſſen eine ziemlich gleiche Stufe im geſamten Menſchen-
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            geſchlecht innehält. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s492" xml:space="preserve">Der Einzelne kann ſich wohl von dieſem
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            Naturgeſetz ſeiner geiſtigen Neigung ebenſo mehr oder minder
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            losſagen, wie die einzelne Mutter es mit der natürlichen
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            Liebe zu ihrem Kinde vermag. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s493" xml:space="preserve">Der Einzelne vermag wohl
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            mit einer höheren Bildung des Geiſtes eine klarere, ausdrucks-
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            vollere Moral an den Tag zu legen, wie es der gebildeten
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            Mutter leichter möglich iſt, ihrem Gefühl für ihr Kind Worte
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            zu geben. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s494" xml:space="preserve">Im allgemeinen aber ſagt ſich die Menſchheit
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            ebenſowenig von der Moral los, ſo wenig ſich die Mütter im
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            allgemeinen von der Liebe zu den Kindern loszuſagen ver-
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            mögen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s495" xml:space="preserve">Beides ſind Neigungen, die der Natur des Menſchen
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            angehören, und die Menſchheit iſt nie ſo naturwidrig, ſich von
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            der Natur zu entfernen.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s497" xml:space="preserve">Wie wir in Kapitel IX geſehen haben, daß die ewig er-
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            ſcheinenden Denkformen ſich dennoch leicht als allmählich ent-
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            wickelt ergeben, ſo iſt es auch mit den Forderungen der Moral.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s499" xml:space="preserve">Es iſt wieder die Lebenserhaltung oder Lebensſtörung, die
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            für die Entſtehung und Erhaltung des moraliſchen Verhaltens
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            maßgebend ſind, nur daß es ſich hier nicht um die Lebens-
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            Erhaltung und -Störung der Einzelweſen handelt, ſondern viel-
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            mehr um diejenigen von Verbänden, Gemeinden.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s501" xml:space="preserve">Der Menſch lebt geſellig, alſo in Verbänden, um </s>
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