Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics

by Alexander Bain

PART I.

THE THEORY OF ETHICS.

CHAPTER I.

PRELIMINARY VIEW OF ETHICAL QUESTIONS.

I.—The ETHICAL STANDARD. Summary of views.

II.—PSYCHOLOGICAL questions. 1. The Moral Faculty. 2. The Freedom of the Will; the sources of Disinterested conduct.

III.—The BONUM, SUMMUM BONUM, or Happiness.

IV.—The CLASSIFICATION OF DUTIES, and the Moral Code.

V.—Relationship of Ethics to POLITICS.

VI.—Relation to Theology.