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The Data of Ethics

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Philosophy & Psychology

The Data of Ethics

Herbert Spencer

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Spencer rushed this into print fearing he would not live to finish his system; ethics, he said, was the part that mattered most. The Data of Ethics grounds conduct in evolution: good and bad measured by more complete life, with the physical, biological, and social views each taken in turn. The century's boldest attempt at a scientific morality. Judge the data yourself.

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22 chapters

  1. 1THE DATA OF ETHICS
  2. 2AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4THE DATA OF ETHICS.
  5. 5CHAPTER I. CONDUCT IN GENERAL.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. THE EVOLUTION OF CONDUCT.
  7. 7CHAPTER III. GOOD AND BAD CONDUCT.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. WAYS OF JUDGING CONDUCT.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. THE PHYSICAL VIEW.
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. THE BIOLOGICAL VIEW.
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEW.
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. THE SOCIOLOGICAL VIEW.
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. CRITICISMS AND EXPLANATIONS.
  14. 14CHAPTER X. THE RELATIVITY OF PAINS AND PLEASURES.
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. EGOISM VERSUS ALTRUISM.
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. ALTRUISM VERSUS EGOISM.
  17. 17CHAPTER XIII. TRIAL AND COMPROMISE.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIV. CONCILIATION.

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