Project Gutenberg 2009-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 75 Diderot, Denis 1713 1784 Diderot, Pantophile Assézat, Jules 1832 1876 Assezat, Jules Assézat, J. (Jules) Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants" by Denis Diderot is a philosophical dialogue written in the 18th century. This work serves as a reflection on morality, law, and justice, exploring the complexities of ethical decision-making through a familial conversation. Within this dialogue, Diderot delves into themes concerning the obligations of individuals to adhere to laws that may conflict with their moral intuitions. The narrative unfolds during a poignant conversation between a father and his children, where the father recounts a troubling experience involving the inheritance of a deceased priest. The father faces a moral dilemma when he discovers a testament that unjustly bequeaths the priest's wealth to wealthy book publishers instead of the destitute heirs. He grapples with the question of whether to ignore the testament out of compassion for the poor or to uphold the legal rights of the legatee. Throughout their exchange, the children express differing views on law and morality, leading to a robust debate on the nature of justice, compassion, and the responsibilities that individuals bear towards their society. The dialogue culminates in reflections on the inherent tension between legal obligations and the impulses of human kindness, ultimately revealing the nuanced relationship between ethics and the law. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 18th century PQ Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Fiction 86826 86827 2024-10-12T10:34:37.300633 2023-09-12T12:55:20.730605 text/html text/html 81340 2021-01-04T23:46:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 30073 2021-01-04T23:46:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 117302 2024-10-12T10:34:43.796597 application/epub+zip 116713 2024-10-12T10:34:40.843620 application/epub+zip 91207 2024-10-12T10:34:39.503636 application/epub+zip 273790 2024-10-12T10:34:45.891603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264367 2024-10-12T10:34:42.987607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232015 2022-09-13T10:11:06.247994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74035 73779 2024-10-12T10:34:36.892629 2023-09-12T12:55:20.438609 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 72426 2021-01-04T23:46:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28603 2021-01-04T23:46:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21429 2024-10-12T10:34:46.155582 application/rdf+xml 18381 2024-10-12T10:34:40.073623 image/jpeg 4242 2024-10-12T10:34:39.787621 image/jpeg 119140 2024-10-12T10:34:37.308648 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia