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- catalog contributor b2259491.
- catalog created "1892.".
- catalog date "1892".
- catalog date "1892.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1892.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 237-239.".
- catalog description "Book I. The science of ethics : I. The problem of ethics : How can there be a problem at all? ; General description of conditions under which the problem rises ; Historical illustration from the case of Greece ; Illustration from our own time ; Effect of study of ethics on our general view of life -- II. Can there be a science of ethics? : Difficulty in the conception of such a science ; Practical difficulty in the conception of a science of conduct ; What may be expected of a science of ethics? ; Comparison of ethics as so interpreted with Intuitionist and theological ethics -- III. Scope of the science of ethics : In what sense ethics differs from the natural science ; Ethics as a practical science ; Has ethics to do with what ought to be rather than with what is? ; Distinction between ethics and politics".
- catalog description "Book II. Moral judgment : I. The object of moral judgment : What is conduct? ; Apparent exceptions to definition ; What is will? ; Relation of desire to will and character ; Will and self ; Conduct and character ; Is motive or consequent the essential element in conduct as the object of moral judgment? ; Meaning of motive ; Motive and intention ; Bearing of results n question between motive and consequent ; Will and motive -- II. The standard of moral judgment: moral law : The two general forms of moral judgment ; Which of these is prior? ; Three stages in reflective analysis ; Morality as obedience to external law ; The law as internal: conscience ; Mistaken objection to Intuitionalist view ; Elements in conscience ; Defects of conscience as ultimate standard ; Morality as determined by end ; General characteristics of the end ; These characteristics of the moral end the basis of commonly recognized attributes of the moral law".
- catalog description "Book III. Theories of the end : I. The end as pleasure : Problem arising out of results hitherto reached ; What is meant by saying that the standard of moral judgment is pleasure ; Ancient forms of the theory ; The theory in modern times ; The sanctions of morality ; Pleasure and happiness ; Do pleasures differ in quality? ; How are pleasures calculated in respect to their value? ; Modern forms of the pleasure theory ; Characteristic difficulties in these several forms of Hedonism ; Elements of value in pleasure theory ; Fundamental error of the theory based on inadequate analysis of desire ; Is pleasure only motive? Restatement of Hedonistic argument ; Met by distinction between "pleasure in idea" and "idea of pleasure" -- II. The end as self-sacrifice : Opposite theory to foregoing ; Historical forms of theory ; The theory recognizes right as distinct from expediency ; Value of this view of man's nature in the history of thought ; Duty for duty's sake as a practical principle ; Criticism of theory -- III. Evolutionary Hedonism : Utilitarianism and evolution ; The organic view of human society corrects presuppositions on which Utilitarianism rests ; On the Utilitarian theory moral laws are empirical generalizations ; Importance of theory of evolution in the field of ethics ; Difficulties in evolutionary ethics".
- catalog description "Book IV. Evil as good : I. The end as common good : Current distinction between self and society ; Relativity of this distinction ; Further illustration of dependence of individual on society ; Ethical import of these facts ; Appeal to moral judgments in support of conclusions ; Duty to humanity ; Duty to God -- II. Forms of the good : Recapitulation ; Has my argument been a circle? ; Virtues and institutions ; Requirements of classification ; Limits of classification, the main heads not mutually exclusive ; The interdependence of the virtues extends through the whole classification ; Table of virtues".
- catalog description "Book V. Moral progress : I. The standard as relative : Differences of standard which we may neglect ; Essential differences involving ethical problem ; The unity of the form of virtue ; The relativity of the standard as condition of its validity ; Further difficulty -- II. The standard as progressive : Clue to solution of problem in idea of progress ; Illustration of the general law of progress ; Progress of humanity as a whole ; Moral progress in nations ; Evolution of a universal moral order ; Illustration from courage ; Illustration from temperance -- III. The standard as ideal : The question involves metaphysical considerations ; Consciousness as active principle in knowledge ; The unity of the world as postulate of thought ; Conscience and consciousness -- Relation of conscience to social environment ; Is the idea social or personal? ; Evolutionary account of moral progress ; How this account requires to be supplemented ; The social reformer and martyr.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 239 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Elements of ethics.".
- catalog identifier "0837062241 (microfiche)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Elements of ethics.".
- catalog isPartOf "ATLA Historical Monographs Collection. Series 1 (13th Century to 1893). net".
- catalog isPartOf "ATLA monograph preservation program ATLA fiche 1986-0224. div".
- catalog isPartOf "The University series".
- catalog isPartOf "University series (Charles Scribner's Sons)".
- catalog issued "1892".
- catalog issued "1892.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Charles Scribner,".
- catalog relation "Elements of ethics.".
- catalog subject "BJ1025 .M8 1892".
- catalog subject "Ethics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Book I. The science of ethics : I. The problem of ethics : How can there be a problem at all? ; General description of conditions under which the problem rises ; Historical illustration from the case of Greece ; Illustration from our own time ; Effect of study of ethics on our general view of life -- II. Can there be a science of ethics? : Difficulty in the conception of such a science ; Practical difficulty in the conception of a science of conduct ; What may be expected of a science of ethics? ; Comparison of ethics as so interpreted with Intuitionist and theological ethics -- III. Scope of the science of ethics : In what sense ethics differs from the natural science ; Ethics as a practical science ; Has ethics to do with what ought to be rather than with what is? ; Distinction between ethics and politics".
- catalog tableOfContents "Book II. Moral judgment : I. The object of moral judgment : What is conduct? ; Apparent exceptions to definition ; What is will? ; Relation of desire to will and character ; Will and self ; Conduct and character ; Is motive or consequent the essential element in conduct as the object of moral judgment? ; Meaning of motive ; Motive and intention ; Bearing of results n question between motive and consequent ; Will and motive -- II. The standard of moral judgment: moral law : The two general forms of moral judgment ; Which of these is prior? ; Three stages in reflective analysis ; Morality as obedience to external law ; The law as internal: conscience ; Mistaken objection to Intuitionalist view ; Elements in conscience ; Defects of conscience as ultimate standard ; Morality as determined by end ; General characteristics of the end ; These characteristics of the moral end the basis of commonly recognized attributes of the moral law".
- catalog tableOfContents "Book III. Theories of the end : I. The end as pleasure : Problem arising out of results hitherto reached ; What is meant by saying that the standard of moral judgment is pleasure ; Ancient forms of the theory ; The theory in modern times ; The sanctions of morality ; Pleasure and happiness ; Do pleasures differ in quality? ; How are pleasures calculated in respect to their value? ; Modern forms of the pleasure theory ; Characteristic difficulties in these several forms of Hedonism ; Elements of value in pleasure theory ; Fundamental error of the theory based on inadequate analysis of desire ; Is pleasure only motive? Restatement of Hedonistic argument ; Met by distinction between "pleasure in idea" and "idea of pleasure" -- II. The end as self-sacrifice : Opposite theory to foregoing ; Historical forms of theory ; The theory recognizes right as distinct from expediency ; Value of this view of man's nature in the history of thought ; Duty for duty's sake as a practical principle ; Criticism of theory -- III. Evolutionary Hedonism : Utilitarianism and evolution ; The organic view of human society corrects presuppositions on which Utilitarianism rests ; On the Utilitarian theory moral laws are empirical generalizations ; Importance of theory of evolution in the field of ethics ; Difficulties in evolutionary ethics".
- catalog tableOfContents "Book IV. Evil as good : I. The end as common good : Current distinction between self and society ; Relativity of this distinction ; Further illustration of dependence of individual on society ; Ethical import of these facts ; Appeal to moral judgments in support of conclusions ; Duty to humanity ; Duty to God -- II. Forms of the good : Recapitulation ; Has my argument been a circle? ; Virtues and institutions ; Requirements of classification ; Limits of classification, the main heads not mutually exclusive ; The interdependence of the virtues extends through the whole classification ; Table of virtues".
- catalog tableOfContents "Book V. Moral progress : I. The standard as relative : Differences of standard which we may neglect ; Essential differences involving ethical problem ; The unity of the form of virtue ; The relativity of the standard as condition of its validity ; Further difficulty -- II. The standard as progressive : Clue to solution of problem in idea of progress ; Illustration of the general law of progress ; Progress of humanity as a whole ; Moral progress in nations ; Evolution of a universal moral order ; Illustration from courage ; Illustration from temperance -- III. The standard as ideal : The question involves metaphysical considerations ; Consciousness as active principle in knowledge ; The unity of the world as postulate of thought ; Conscience and consciousness -- Relation of conscience to social environment ; Is the idea social or personal? ; Evolutionary account of moral progress ; How this account requires to be supplemented ; The social reformer and martyr.".
- catalog title "The elements of ethics an introduction to moral philosophy / by J.H. Muirhead.".
- catalog type "text".