The Point of View of the Theologian[5]

CHAPTER I

The Definition of the Social Consciousness[9]

  1. The Sense of the Like-Mindedness of Men[9]
  2. The Sense of the Mutual Influence of Men[11]
    1. Contributing Lines of Thought[11]
    2. The Threefold Form of the Conviction[13]
  3. The Sense of the Value and Sacredness of the Person[16]
  4. The Sense of Obligation[18]
  5. The Sense of Love[20]

CHAPTER II

The Inadequacy of the Analogy of the Organism as an Expression of the Social Consciousness[23]

  1. The Value of the Analogy[23]
  2. The Inevitable Inadequacy of the Analogy[24]
    1. It Comes from the Sub-personal World[24]
    2. Access to Reality, Only Through Ourselves[24]
    3. Mistaken Passion for Construing Everything[25]
  3. The Analogy Tested by the Definition of the Social Consciousness[27]

CHAPTER III

The Necessity of the Facts of Which the Social Consciousness is the Reflection,
If Ideal Interests are to be Supreme[29]

  1. The Question[29]
  2. Otherwise, No Moral World at all[30]
    1. The Prerequisites of a Moral World[30]
      1. (1) A Sphere of Law[30]
      2. (2) Ethical Freedom[30]
      3. (3) Some Power of Accomplishment[31]
      4. (4) Members One of Another[32]
    2. The Ideal World Requires, thus, the Facts of the Social Consciousness[32]