ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1949, this book examines the problems of morals in the light of science and philosophy and is addressed to those who do not accept revelation as the sanction for morality. The book discusses the individual, and in particular the origin and nature of conscience as well as society and communal codes of behaviour.

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Introductory

chapter Chapter 2|14 pages

Revealed Moral Codes

chapter Chapter 3|11 pages

The Conventional View of Conscience

chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

The Origin of Conscience

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

The Nature of Conscience

chapter Chapter 6|16 pages

The Moral Code of the Individual

chapter Chapter 7|15 pages

Communal Codes (1)

chapter Chapter 8|15 pages

Communal Codes (2)

chapter Chapter 9|18 pages

The Philosophers (1)

Confucius and the Greeks

chapter Chapter 10|13 pages

The Philosophers (2)

The Value of Pleasure

chapter Chapter 11|14 pages

Methods and Criteria of a Scientific System of Ethics

chapter Chapter 12|20 pages

The Good Man

chapter Chapter 13|12 pages

The Good Society (1)

chapter Chapter 14|15 pages

The Good Society (2)

chapter Chapter 15|21 pages

Sexual Morality

chapter Chapter 16|5 pages

Conclusion