ABSTRACT

This chapter looks at the matter, abundant proof is offered that individual egoism of itself suffices in the final society to determine a system of morality, assuring social well-being, and corresponding to the highest ideal of virtue imaginable. The morality of the final organisation of society simply consists in the acts and abstentions that make for cohesion and social well-being. The very existence of the mixed association implies that the society in question has already reached that stage in its development when the suppression of the free land no longer accords permanent advantage to the capitalist, as the limitations of production preclude the possibility of acquiring any revenue from capital. Thus, from whatever side we look at the matter, abundant proof is offered that individual egoism of itself suffices in the final society to determine a system of morality, assuring social well-being, and corresponding to the highest ideal of virtue imaginable.