ABSTRACT

First published in 1935, this book compares and examines what John Laird termed the ‘three most important notions in ethical science’: the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Laird poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and of supporting the other two. This is an interesting reissue, which will be of particular value to students researching the philosophy of ethics and morality.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part |88 pages

Virtue

chapter |12 pages

General Considerations

chapter |11 pages

The Springs of Virtue

And their Expression

chapter |11 pages

The Heart and the Head

chapter |9 pages

The Heart and the Will

chapter |13 pages

Moral and Non-Moral Virtue

chapter |12 pages

Our Knowledge of Virtue

part |103 pages

Duty

chapter |11 pages

Discussion of Conceptions

chapter |23 pages

Duty and the Will

chapter |15 pages

Duty and Benefit

A Restricted Discussion

part |112 pages

Benefit and Well-Being

chapter |20 pages

The Terms Employed

chapter |20 pages

Classification of Goods

chapter |20 pages

The Comparison of Goods

chapter |20 pages

Duty and Benefit Again

chapter |14 pages

Of Agathopoeics in General