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On Mr. Spencer's Data of Ethics
Writer on Herbert Spencer Guthrie
Spencer's Data of Ethics deserved a rigorous audit, and Guthrie delivers one. Chapter by chapter he tests the philosophical, scientific, and biological views of evolutionary ethics, probing whether altruism really nests inside egoism. A patient, technical Victorian critique for readers of the original. Bring your Spencer; the examination is thorough.
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20 chapters
- 1ON MR. SPENCER'S DATA OF ETHICS.
- 2CONTENTS.
- 3PREFACE.
- 4FOOTNOTE:
- 5CHAPTER I. Ethics and the Unification of Knowledge. The Philosophical View.
- 6FOOTNOTES:
- 7CHAPTER II. The Scientific View of the Evolution of Ethics.
- 8FOOTNOTE:
- 9CHAPTER III. The Biological View of Ethics.
- 10Altruism in Egoism.
- 11FOOTNOTES:
- 12CHAPTER IV. The Sociological View.
- 13FOOTNOTES:
- 14CHAPTER V. The Ethical Imperative.
- 15CHAPTER VI. Systems of Ethics.
- 16CHAPTER VII. The Evolution of Free Will.
- 17CHAPTER VIII. Evolution, Ethics, and Religion.
- 18FOOTNOTE:
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