The Methods of Ethics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
The Relation of Ethics to Politics....Pages 15-22
Ethical Judgments....Pages 23-38
Pleasure and Desire....Pages 39-56
Free Will....Pages 57-76
Ethical Principles and Methods....Pages 77-88
Egoism and Self-Love....Pages 89-95
Intuitionism....Pages 96-104
Good....Pages 105-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
The Principle and Method of Egoism....Pages 119-122
Empirical Hedonism....Pages 123-130
Empirical Hedonism—Continued....Pages 131-150
Objective Hedonism and Common Sense....Pages 151-161
Happiness and Duty....Pages 162-175
Deductive Hedonism....Pages 176-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Intuitionism....Pages 199-216
Virtue and Duty....Pages 217-230
Wisdom and Self-Control....Pages 231-237
Benevolence....Pages 238-263
Justice....Pages 264-294
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Laws and Promises....Pages 295-311
The Classification of Duties—Veracity....Pages 312-319
Other Social Duties and Virtues....Pages 320-326
Self-Regarding Virtues....Pages 327-331
Courage, Humility, Etc.....Pages 332-336
Review of the Morality of Common Sense....Pages 337-361
Motives or Springs of Action Considered as Subjects of Moral Judgment....Pages 362-372
Philosophical Intuitionism....Pages 373-390
Ultimate Good....Pages 391-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
The Meaning of Utilitarianism....Pages 411-417
The Proof of Utilitarianism....Pages 418-422
Relation of Utilitarianism to the Morality of Common Sense....Pages 423-459
The Method of Utilitarianism....Pages 460-474
The Method of Utilitarianism—Continued....Pages 475-495
Concluding Chapter the Mutual Relations of the Three Methods....Pages 496-509
Back Matter....Pages 511-528