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Ethical Relativity
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This is Volume of VI Of six in a series on Ethic and Political Philosophy. Originally published in 1932, this study looks at how the emotional origin of moral judgments consistently leads to a denial of the objective validity ascribed to them both by common sense and by normative theories of ethics.
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Index
Abbott, T. K., 37, 40–42, 53, 55, 91, 125, 137, 160, 265–281, 283–286, 289
Accident, injuries due to, 163–168, 173, 176, 180; benefits due to, 175, 176
Acts, as subjects of moral judgments, 148, 149
Adultery, 244–246
Aeschylus, 71
Aesthetic judgments, supposed objectivity of, 48, 145
Albee, E., 17, 18, 232
Alexander, S., 140, 154, 158, 210
Altruism, 26, 27, 208, 209, 224–227, 268, 272, 274, 275, 280–283. See “Benevolence,” Teleological theories of ethics
Altruistic sentiment, the, 8, 71, 73, 74, 87, 88, 97, 98, 100–105, 200, 205, 207–210, 213, 217, 229, 268, 272, 283
Alverdes, F., 101–103
Anger, 62–69. See Rage, Resentment, non-moral
Animals, men’s feelings and conduct towards, 10, 11, 32, 207, 209–213; self-feeling in, 66; retributive kindly emotion in, 87, 88; disinterested resentment in, 98–100, 106; the parental instinct among, 100–103; injuries committed by, 157, 168–170, 174; revenge taken upon, 168, 169; subject to regular punishment, 169, 170; regarded as responsible beings, 169, 170
Aristippus, 222
Aristotle, 44, 71, 76, 81, 82, 124, 151, 186, 190, 191, 233, 245
Athenaeus, 241
Athenagoras, 257
Augustine, Saint, 190, 225
Austin, J., 154, 155, 157
Aversions, influencing moral ideas by giving rise to disinterested resentment, 59, 107, 108, 194, 201, 226, 234, 235, 240, 241, 243, 248, 249, 257–259, 262
Bacon, Lord, 66, 82, 157
“Bad,” analysis of the concept of, 126
Bain, A., 64, 68, 107, 120, 259
Baldwin, J. M., 51
Balfour, A. J., 179
Bang, N. H., 53, 119
Beauty, supposed objectivity of. See Aesthetic judgments
Beneke, F. E., 178, 275
“Benevolence, the principle of rational,” 9–15, 30, 32, 33, 43, 208, 281
Benoit, 170
Bentham, J., 5, 6, 10, 19, 124, 157, 211, 213, 221, 232, 233
Bestiality, 287
Binding, K., 154
Birch-Reichenwald Aars, K., 202
Birds, the parental instinct restricted to the male in a few...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Original Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- I. The Supposed Objectivity of Moral Judgments
- II. The Supposed Objectivity of Moral Judgments (concluded)
- III. The Moral Emotions
- IV. The Moral Emotions (concluded)
- V. The Moral Concepts
- VI. The Subjects of Moral Judgments
- VII. The Variability of Moral Judgments
- VIII. The Emotional Background of Normative Theories
- IX. The Emotional Background of Normative Theories (concluded)
- Index