# The origin and development of the moral ideas

Author: Westermarck, Edward, 1862-1939

Genre: Category: Psychiatry/Psychology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52106

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+origin+and+development+of+the+moral+ideas+Westermarck&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The moral concepts essentially generalisations of tendencies in certain phenomena to call forth moral emotions, pp. 4-6.--The assumed universality or "objectivity" of moral judgments, p. 6 _sq._--Theories according to which the moral predicates derive all their import from reason, "theoretical" or "practical," p. 7 _sq._--Our tendency to objectivise moral judgments, no sufficient ground for referring them to the province of reason, p. 8 _sq._--This tendency partly due to the comparatively uniform nature of the moral consciousness, p. 9.--Differences of moral estimates resulting from circumstances of a purely intellectual character, pp. 9-11.--Differences of an emotional origin, pp. 11-13....

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/100/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/92/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/97/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/82/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/95/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/90/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/87/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/89/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/98/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/84/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/93/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/85/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/40/index.md)
- [xx. 16): "Nam pecora inde credendum est jussa interfici, quia tali](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/83/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/91/index.md)
- [ii. 158 (Tahitians) 364 (natives of Tana), 394 (South Sea Islanders](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/88/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/96/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/94/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/86/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/79/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/99/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/27/index.md)
- [ii. 359;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/123/index.md)
- [i. 221, 224, 295-297, 307, 308, 380, 427, 579, 580, 585, 668,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/101/index.md)
- [ii. 205;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/125/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/49/index.md)
- [ii. 698](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/102/index.md)
- [ii. 406-408, 412-414, 420;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/120/index.md)
- [ii. 419;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/117/index.md)
- [ii. 592-594;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/103/index.md)
- [ii. 309](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/124/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/69/index.md)
- [ii. 100;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/118/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/22/index.md)
- [ii. 364-378, 747-752;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/114/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/11/index.md)
- [ii. 273;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/119/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/15/index.md)
- [ii. 341-345;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/121/index.md)
- [i. 299-302;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/109/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/3/index.md)
- [ii. 661;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/110/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/64/index.md)
- [ii. 605, 606, 625, 754;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/111/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/14/index.md)
- [volume 2, p. 234, footnote 31 where ** is the original text).](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/126/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/70/index.md)
- [ii. 8, 13, 17, 429, 447;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/122/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/21/index.md)
- [i. 454-457, 466;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/115/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/72/index.md)
- [i. 258, 259, 519, 550-553, 555, 556, 579, 580, 625, 650, 683,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/105/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/9/index.md)
- [ii. 518;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/106/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/67/index.md)
- [ii. 593;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/116/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/17/index.md)
- [ii. 232, 234, 235, 241, 242, 244, 247;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/112/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/73/index.md)
- [i. 10, where it is said that the good work which a man does](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/33/index.md)
- [ii. 295, 296, 419, 559, 562, 563, 579, 651, 697;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/108/index.md)
- [i. 697](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/104/index.md)
- [i. 103, 104, 107, 117-122](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/113/index.md)
- [ii. 68, 116, 715, 732;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-development-of-the-moral-ideas-52106/chapters/107/index.md)