Problems of ethics;, authorized translation by David Rynin, Ph. D

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Problems of ethics;, authorized translation by David Rynin, Ph. D

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authorized translation by David Rynin, Ph. D

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• Problems of ethics;

Publication

• New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1939

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

Content type code

• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

• Ethics Seeks Nothing But Knowledge -- The Subject-matter of Ethics -- On the Definition of Good -- Is the Good Definable? -- The Formal Characteristic of the Good -- Material Characteristics -- Moral Norms and Moral Principles -- Ethics as a "normative Science" -- Ethics as Factual Science -- Ethics Seeks Causal Explanation -- Formulation of the Fundamental Question -- The Method of Ethics Is Psychological -- Activity and Conduct -- The Nature of the Act of Will -- The Concept of Will -- The Law of Motivation -- In Proof of the Law of Motivation -- The Law of Motivation in the Case of Sacrifice -- The Law of Motivation in the Case of Heroism -- Rebuttal of False Objections and Explanations -- The Law of Motivation Is Not Tautologous -- The Law Expresses Significant Knowledge -- Egoism is "Immoral" -- Egooism and "Personal Welfare" -- The Nature of Impulse -- Is Egoism an Impulse? -- The Possiblity of Imagining "Personal States" -- Egoism Is Not the Will to Pleasure -- Egoism and the Impulse of Self-Preservation -- Egoism as Inconsiderateness -- Moral Condemnation of Egoism
• The Morality of Demand and the Morality of Desire -- Moral Demands as Expressions of the Desires of Society -- Critique of Utilitarianism -- The Good Appears to Society as the Useful -- The Formulation of Moral Laws Takes Place According to the Moral Principle -- Conclusions -- The Theory of Objective Values -- Pleaseure as the Criterion of Objective Value -- Objective Criteria of Value? -- Subjective Criteria of Value -- Do Value Judgments Have the Validity of Logico-Mathematical Propositions? -- The "Absolute Ought" -- The Emptiness of the Hypothesis of Absolute Values -- The Relativity of Values -- The Prejudice Against Pleasure -- Happiness and Sorrow as Mixed States -- Associative Pleasure in Sorrow -- Is Sorrow a Necessary Condition of Pleasure? -- The Bliss of Suffering -- The Pseudo-Problem of Freedom of the Will -- Two Meanings of the Word "Law" -- Compulsion and Necessity -- Freedom and Indeterminism -- The Nautre of Responsibility -- The Cnsciousness of Responsibility -- Causality as the Presupposition of Responsibility -- What Are the "Natural" Impulses? -- New Formulation of the Question -- Moral Suggestion
• Motive Feelings and Realization Feelings -- The Assimilation of Motive Feelings to Realization Feelings -- The Foundation of Hedonism -- Happiness and the Capacity for Happiness -- The Happiness Value of Social Impulses -- Virtue and Happiness -- The Moral Principle: Be Ready for Happiness -- Morality Without Renunciation -- Personality and Kindness -- Ethics of Duty and Ethics of Kindness

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21 cm.

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xv, 217 pages

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39014688

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

Record ID

99190021560001161

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• (OCoLC)00682682
• (OCoLC)ocm00682682