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American Book Co.
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A Historical Introduction to Ethics
Oct 11, 2018, Franklin Classics
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Oct 25, 2018, Franklin Classics Trade Press
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A Historical Introduction To Ethics
January 17, 2007, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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A Historical Introduction To Ethics
July 25, 2007, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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1915, American Book Co.
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Preliminary Notions i
PART I. THE ETHICS OF CONDITIONATE MORALITY
CHAPTER
I. Epicurus 11
II. The Revival of Utilitarianism 16
III. Altruism as Exemplified by Bentham and Mill 22
IV. Utilitarianism and Evolution 32
V. The Ethics of Nature and Custom 40
PART II. THE ETHICS OF ABSOLUTE MORALITY
Introduction 45
I. The Ethics of the Moral Sense 47
II. The Ethics of Sympathy 55
III. The Stoic Ethics of Instinct 60
IV. The Ethics of Intuition 66
V. The Ethics of Reason: The Autonomous Ethics of Kant 72
VI. The Ethics of Reason: Functional Ethics. Socrates 82
VII. The Ethics of Reason: Functional Ethics. Plato 89
VIII. The Ethics of Reason: Functional Ethics. Aristotle 96
IX. The Ethics of Reason: Functional Ethics. St. Thomas Aquinas 105
PART III. CRITICISM OF MORAL SYSTEMS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. General Criticism 121
II. Criticism of the Systems of Conditionate Morality 130
III. Criticism of the Systems of Absolute Morality 140
Conclusion. The Ethical Ideal 147

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Library of Congress
BJ71 .M7, BJ71 .M7 1915

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Open Library
OL25942626M
Internet Archive
AHistoricalIntroductionToEthics
LCCN
15002507
OCLC/WorldCat
1472233

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