On the Ethics of Naturalism

ETHICS AND ITS PROBLEMS. PAGE 1. Connection of ethics with theoretical philosophy, 1 (_a_) Dependence of ethical on theoretical points of view, 1 (_b_) Ethics necessary to compl...

Definition of Naturalism, 20 Psychological hedonism, 21 1. Its theory of action ambiguous, 22 Referring to-- (_a_) Actual consequences of action, 23 (_b_) Or its expected conseq...

1. Difference of the standpoints of individual and State, 41 2. Connection between egoism and utilitarianism according to Bentham, 45 (_a_) Utilitarianism not a political duty,...

1. A uniform psychological theory not supplied by the opponents of ethical hedonism, 78 2. The non-hedonistic theory of action, 84 3. Ethics made to depend on the moral sense, 8...

1. General characteristics of the theory of evolution, 107 An assertion of the unity of life, 109 Primarily historical, but capable of ethical application, 110 2. The developmen...

Bearing of the theory of evolution, 126 1. On theories depending on moral sentiment or intuition, 127 (_a_) Ethical value of moral sentiments affected by their origin, 130 (_b_)...

1. Alliance of evolutionism and hedonism, 164 (_a_) From interpreting greatest happiness by the laws of life, 164 (_b_) From interpreting life by pleasure, 165 2. Evolutionist a...

Necessity of inquiring into the ethical end suggested by the theory of evolution, 201 1. Adaptation to environment, 203 (_a_) As the end for present conduct, 207 Opposed to prog...

1. Principles involved in theory of evolution, 263 2. Unsuccessful application of these principles to ethics, 264 (_a_) The principles being treated empirically, 265 (_b_) No lo...

It is a common remark that a writer's ethical doctrine is throughout conditioned by his attitude to the problems of theoretical philosophy. The main lines of dispute in question...

It is difficult to give an exact definition or even description of what I have called the "natural" view of man. Perhaps it may be best defined, negatively, as the view which de...

[18] Thus, according to James Mill, "the terms 'idea of pleasure' and 'desire' are but two names; the thing named, the state of consciousness is one and the same. The word Desir...

It still remains possible, of course, to fix an ethical end in some other way than by studying individual human nature. We may, for instance, looking from the point of view of t...

Psychological hedonism possesses the merit of offering a simple and uniform theory of mental action. It may admit conflicting accounts of the kinds of action and sufferance whic...

To relinquish the individualistic theory of ethics does not necessarily imply a recourse to evolution. It may still be possible to rest the foundation of ethics on the state, wi...

Before going on to inquire into the positive contributions to ethics which the theory of evolution has to offer, it is necessary to consider the relation it bears to the precedi...

The alliance between Evolutionism and Hedonism may be arrived at from either of the two points of view which are being brought into connection: may be either an attempt to bring...

(es gibt keine eigenen 'Gefühlsvorstellungen'), ja überhaupt gar keine Vorstellung." Professor Bain's view is different, but does not altogether prevent him from acknowledging t...

In showing the important bearing which evolution has on the causes of pleasure, the argument of the preceding chapter has also made clear that the ends of evolutionism and of he...

The peculiarity of the conclusion we have reached is, that the theory which is used to explain the nature of progress, seems unable to give any canon or end for conduct which po...

DANTE, by the Editor.--VOLTAIRE, by General Sir E. B. Hamley, K.C.B.--PASCAL, by Principal Tulloch.--PETRARCH, by Henry Reeve, C.B.--GOETHE, by A. Hayward, Q.C.--MOLIÈRE, by the...