Henry Sidgwick
The Methods of Ethics
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664649768
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II THE RELATION OF ETHICS TO POLITICS
CHAPTER IV PLEASURE AND DESIRE
CHAPTER VI ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
CHAPTER VII EGOISM AND SELF-LOVE
CHAPTER I THE PRINCIPLE AND METHOD OF EGOISM
CHAPTER III EMPIRICAL HEDONISM — Continued
CHAPTER IV OBJECTIVE HEDONISM AND COMMON SENSE
CHAPTER III WISDOM AND SELF-CONTROL
CHAPTER VII THE CLASSIFICATION OF DUTIES—VERACITY
CHAPTER VIII OTHER SOCIAL DUTIES AND VIRTUES
CHAPTER IX SELF-REGARDING VIRTUES
CHAPTER X COURAGE, HUMILITY, ETC.
CHAPTER XI REVIEW OF THE MORALITY OF COMMON SENSE
CHAPTER XII MOTIVES OR SPRINGS OF ACTION CONSIDERED AS SUBJECTS OF MORAL JUDGMENT
CHAPTER XIII PHILOSOPHICAL INTUITIONISM
CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF UTILITARIANISM
CHAPTER II THE PROOF OF UTILITARIANISM
CHAPTER III RELATION OF UTILITARIANISM TO THE MORALITY OF COMMON SENSE
CHAPTER IV THE METHOD OF UTILITARIANISM
CHAPTER V THE METHOD OF UTILITARIANISM— Continued
CONCLUDING CHAPTER THE MUTUAL RELATIONS OF THE THREE METHODS
APPENDIX THE KANTIAN CONCEPTION OF FREE WILL
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| CHAPTER I | |
| INTRODUCTION | |
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| 1. Ethics is a department of the Theory or Study of Practice. | 1-2 |
| 2. It is the study of what ought to be, so far as this depends upon the voluntary action of individuals. | 2-4 |
| 3. In deciding what they ought to do, men naturally proceed on different principles, and by different methods. | 4-6 |
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4. There are two prima facie rational Ends, Excellence or Perfection and Happiness: of which the latter at least may be sought
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