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The origin and development of the moral ideas

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Philosophy & Psychology

The origin and development of the moral ideas

Edward Westermarck

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Six hundred thousand words on why cultures praise and blame: Westermarck's monumental study surveys moral ideas across every society his era's anthropology could reach. Marriage customs, punishment, hospitality, honor, all traced to their emotional roots in resentment and approval. One of the great comparative works ever assembled on morality. An ocean; dive accordingly.

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155 chapters

  1. 1THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORAL IDEAS
  2. 2MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
  3. 3LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA MELBOURNE
  4. 4THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
  5. 5NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO DALLAS . SAN FRANCISCO
  6. 6THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
  7. 7TORONTO
  8. 8THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
  9. 9MORAL IDEAS
  10. 10EDWARD WESTERMARCK, PH.D., LL.D.
  11. 11IN TWO VOLUMES
  12. 12VOL. I
  13. 13SECOND EDITION
  14. 14MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
  15. 151924.
  16. 16COPYRIGHT
  17. 17PREFACE
  18. 18PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

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