# Not Guilty: A Defence of the Bottom Dog

Author: Blatchford, Robert, 1851-1943

Genre: Category: Philosophy & Ethics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43466

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Not+Guilty%3A+A+Defence+of+the+Bottom+Dog+Blatchford&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

DIVINE law says that certain acts are good, and that certain acts are evil; and that God will reward those who do well, and will punish those who do ill. And we are told that God will so act because God is _just_.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER SIX--ENVIRONMENT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE--THE ANCESTRAL STRUGGLE WITHIN US](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TEN--FREE WILL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR--THE BEGINNINGS OF MORALS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINE--THE ORIGIN OF CONSCIENCE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN--HOW HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT WORK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTEEN--THE FAILURE OF PUNISHMENT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIFTEEN--THE DEFENCE OF THE BOTTOM DOG](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWELVE--GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE--WHERE DO OUR NATURES COME FROM?](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOURTEEN--SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ELEVEN--SELF-CONTROL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT--GOOD AND BAD SURROUNDINGS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE--THE LAWS OF GOD](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO--THE LAWS OF MAN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/not-guilty-a-defence-of-the-bottom-dog-43466/chapters/2/index.md)