Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 66 Sorley, W. R. (William Ritchie) 1855 1935 Sorley, William Ritchie Recent Tendencies in Ethics Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge Reading ease score: 54.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Characteristics -- Ethics and evolution -- Ethics and idealism. E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images provided by the Million Book Project "Recent Tendencies in Ethics" by W. R. Sorley is a collection of philosophical lectures delivered to clergy at Cambridge in the early 20th century. The work aims to summarize and critique contemporary ethical thought, outlining the prevailing debates around moral ideas and principles that have evolved, particularly focusing on the Utilitarian and Intuitionist schools. The opening of the lectures establishes the context for ethical discussions in the previous century, mentioning how these controversies were primarily centered on two key questions: the origin of moral ideas and the criteria for moral value. Sorley highlights that while Utilitarians believe moral values arise from experiences linked to pleasure and pain, Intuitionists argue that moral ideas are innate and primarily spiritual. The subsequent analysis suggests that contemporary ethical discussions are becoming increasingly complex and contentious, moving beyond academic squabbles to a broader reconsideration of moral standards in light of evolving social and philosophical landscapes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ethics BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 185727 185543 2024-10-05T18:15:04.637548 2023-10-06T05:41:16.505533 text/html text/html 185720 185536 2024-10-05T18:15:04.873556 2023-10-06T05:41:16.655567 text/html text/html 132279 2024-10-05T18:15:09.711526 application/epub+zip 133911 2024-10-05T18:15:06.708547 application/epub+zip 133911 2024-10-05T18:15:05.536535 application/epub+zip 263746 2024-10-05T18:15:12.014550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251118 2024-10-05T18:15:08.998652 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226590 2022-09-06T21:03:37.692409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172011 171902 2024-10-05T18:15:04.348567 2023-10-06T05:41:16.322586 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 173210 2020-12-15T00:42:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 61199 2020-12-15T00:42:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 173231 2020-12-15T00:42:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61178 2020-12-15T00:42:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20712 2024-10-05T18:15:12.139502 application/rdf+xml 12916 2024-10-05T18:15:06.080533 image/jpeg 3623 2024-10-05T18:15:05.806537 image/jpeg 130773 2024-10-05T18:15:04.889544 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia