The only explicit suggestions of theory are in the introduction (which should not be taken as the first lesson) and in the last two chapters. Religion is presented as the consummation, rather than the foundation of ethics; and the brief sketch of religion in the concluding chapter is confined to those broad outlines which are accepted, with more or less explicitness, by Jew and Christian, Catholic and Protestant, Orthodox and Liberal.
WILLIAM DeWITT HYDE.
Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Me. May 10, 1892.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Introduction, | [1] | |
| I. | Food and Drink, | [9] |
| II. | Dress, | [19] |
| III. | Exercise, | [25] |
| IV. | Work, | [32] |
| V. | Property, | [40] |
| VI. | Exchange, | [46] |
| VII. | Knowledge, | [53] |
| VIII. | Time, | [60] |
| IX. | Space, | [65] |
| X. | Fortune, | [70] |
| XI. | Nature, | [81] |
| XII. | Art, | [89] |
| XIII. | Animals, | [98] |
| XIV. | Fellow-men, | [104] |
| XV. | The Poor, | [117] |
| XVI. | Wrongdoers, | [127] |
| XVII. | Friends, | [137] |
| XVIII. | Family, | [144] |
| XIX. | State, | [157] |
| XX. | Society, | [167] |
| XXI. | Self, | [179] |
| XXII. | God, | [194] |
| OUTLINE OF PRACTICAL ETHICS | |||||||
| See [Last Paragraph] of Introduction. | |||||||
| Object. | Duty. | Virtue. | Reward. | Temptation | Vice of Defect | Vice of Excess | Penalty |
| Food and drink, | Vigor, | Temperance, | Health, | Appetite, | Asceticism, | Intemperance, | Disease. |
| Dress, | Comeliness, | Neatness, | Respectability, | Vanity, | Slovenliness, | Fastidiousness, | Contempt. |
| Exercise, | Recreation, | Cheerfulness, | Energy, | Excitement, | Morbidness, | Frivolity, | Debility. |
| Work, | Self-support, | Industry, | Wealth, | Ease, | Laziness, | Overwork, | Poverty. |
| Property, | Provision, | Economy, | Prosperity, | Indulgence, | Wastefulness, | Miserliness, | Want. |
| Exchange, | Equivalence, | Honesty, | Self-respect, | Gain, | Dishonesty, | Compliance, | Degradation. |
| Sex, | Reproduction, | Purity, | Sweetness, | Lust, | Prudery, | Sensuality, | Bitterness. |
| Knowledge, | Truth, | Veracity, | Confidence, | Ignorance, | Falsehood, | Gossip, | Distrust. |
| Time, | Co-ordination, | Prudence, | Harmony, | Dissipation, | Procrastination, | Anxiety, | Discord. |
| Space, | System, | Orderliness, | Efficiency, | Disorder, | Carelessness, | Red Tape, | Obstruction. |
| Fortune, | Superiority, | Courage, | Honor, | Risk, | Cowardice, | Gambling, | Shame. |
| Nature, | Appreciation, | Sensitiveness, | Inspiration, | Utility, | Obtuseness, | Affectation, | Stagnation. |
| Art, | Beauty, | Simplicity, | Refinement, | Luxury, | Ugliness, | Ostentation, | Vulgarity. |
| Animals, | Consideration, | Kindness, | Tenderness, | Neglect, | Cruelty, | Subjection, | Brutality. |
| Fellow-men, | Fellowship, | Love, | Unity, | Indifference, | Selfishness, | Sentimentality, | Strife. |
| The Poor, | Help, | Benevolence, | Sympathy, | Alienation, | Niggardliness, | Indulgence, | Antipathy. |
| Wrong-doers, | Justice, | Forgiveness, | Reformation, | Vengeance, | Severity, | Lenity, | Perversity. |
| Friends, | Devotion, | Fidelity, | Affection, | Betrayal, | Exclusiveness, | Effusiveness, | Isolation. |
| Family, | Membership, | Loyalty, | Home, | Independence, | Self-sufficiency, | Self-obliteration, | Loneliness. |
| State, | Organization, | Patriotism, | Civilization, | Spoils, | Treason, | Ambition, | Anarchy. |
| Society, | Co-operation, | Public Spirit, | Freedom, | Self-interest, | Meanness, | Officiousness, | Constraint. |
| Self, | Realization, | Conscientiousness, | Character, | Pleasure, | Unscrupulousness, | Formalism, | Corruption. |
| God, | Obedience, | Holiness, | Life, | Self-will, | Sin, | Hypocrisy, | Death. |
