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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 complete philosophy, 3 2. The inquiry into the ethical end, 5 (_a_) Fundamental, 5 (_b_) Implies a new point of view, 7 (_c_) Distinct from other ethical questions, 9 (α) From the inquiry into the methods of ethics, 10 (β) From moral psychology and sociology, 13 3. Scope of the present inquiry, 14