Note 167 — Chapter XVII · THE PLACE OF DUTY IN THE MORAL LIFE: SUBJECTION TO AUTHORITY
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Historically it has often taken theological form. Thus Paley defined virtue as "doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." Of obligation he said, "A man is said to be obliged, when he is urged by a violent motive resulting from the command of another."