The virtues and their reasons by Bierbower Austin 1844-

Author:Bierbower, Austin, 1844- [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Ethics
Publisher: Chicago, G. Sherwood & co.
Published: 1888-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

be done as an honor, or for the profit; as we must also fill the role of witness, and a few other minor positions.

This is a sacrifice of time and convenience that all must make for one another, since we hold all our rights subject to calls upon us for service. The courts, with their juries and witnesses, are the instruments for securing our rights; and, however unpleasant it may be to pronounce judgment against our fellows, condemning them to loss of property, liberty, and even life, it is a duty which the very existence of society imposes, and which the security of all renders imperative on each. Whether we have justice well administered depends not only on the integrity of the officials, but on the faithfulness of the citizens as jurors, witnesses and upholders of the court. For it is the whole people who try causes; and private individuals, resuming their original authority, must occasionally take part in person as well as by representatives.

(3) —MILITARY DUTY.

In time of war we owe our life to the country. "When the vast interests of society are imperilled by violence, which can be met only by violence, we must defend them at every private risk. This we owe to others, as well as to ourselves, since the interests of all are jeopardized together; so that, as no other defense

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