ABSTRACT
This book discusses the desirability, the nature, and the validity of a scientific system of morals. In the first place most men are agreed that unless the human race can change its accustomed behaviour, can become more friendly and less prone to quarrel, its future will be unpleasant and possibly short. Science in one form or another concerns and must continue to concern an increasing proportion of our populations. And science even when badly taught demands some accuracy of mind, some respect for facts and the placing of some value upon evidence. Both its spirit and what it teaches are found by millions, rightly or wrongly, to be incompatible both with the dogmas of the churches and with the religious attitude to life. As for clashes between cultures, it is admitted nowadays that men of other creeds and races can hold beliefs which are neither benighted, depraved nor inspired by devils even though they differ from those of the Atlantic peoples.
