Project Gutenberg 2004-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 73 Bain, Alexander 1818 1903 Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Reading ease score: 48.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. E-text prepared by papeters, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Moral Science: A Compendium of Ethics" by Alexander Bain is a philosophical treatise written during the late 19th century. The book delves into the foundations and principles of ethical theory, examining various ethical standards and systems from antiquity to modern thought. Bain's work articulates the connections between ethics and psychology, highlighting the moral faculty, the nature of right and wrong, and the ultimate goals of ethical conduct. The opening of the book introduces Bain's framework, which is divided into two main sections: the theory of ethics and the ethical systems. In the first part, he outlines fundamental questions regarding the ethical standard, focusing on the moral faculty and the concept of happiness as the supreme good. He raises discussions around the nature of moral obligations, the interplay between law and morality, and the relationship between ethics and psychology. Bain emphasizes that ethical standards are essential for societal welfare, positing that the justice and harmony of human interactions ultimately depend on understanding and applying ethical principles in a way that benefits the collective good. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ethics Ethics -- History BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology 919103 918960 2024-10-06T05:17:07.527821 2023-10-06T07:05:14.059410 text/html text/html 919096 918953 2024-10-06T05:17:07.875825 2023-10-06T07:05:14.333523 text/html text/html 416825 2024-10-06T05:17:19.726789 application/epub+zip 431279 2024-10-06T05:17:11.683831 application/epub+zip 408228 2024-10-06T05:17:10.222847 application/epub+zip 755153 2024-10-06T05:17:26.029780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 710808 2024-10-06T05:17:18.798811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678175 2022-09-06T23:10:10.789539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 870944 870854 2024-10-06T05:17:06.944834 2023-10-06T07:05:13.571406 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 870622 2020-12-15T06:49:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 314571 2020-12-15T06:49:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 870635 2020-12-15T06:49:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 314524 2020-12-15T06:49:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20789 2024-10-06T05:17:26.164731 application/rdf+xml 16906 2024-10-06T05:17:10.842813 image/jpeg 3856 2024-10-06T05:17:10.496820 image/jpeg 414673 2024-10-06T05:17:07.951824 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