Project Gutenberg 2011-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 68 Stephen, Leslie 1832 1904 Stephen, Sir Leslie Social Rights And Duties: Addresses to Ethical Societies. Vol 2 [of 2] Heredity -- Punishment -- Luxury -- The duties of authors -- The vanity of philosophizing -- Forgotten benefactors. Produced by Thierry Alberto, Henry Craig, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Social Rights And Duties: Addresses to Ethical Societies. Vol 2 [of 2]" by Leslie Stephen is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. The work consists of a series of addresses that explore ethical concepts and social responsibilities, engaging with subjects like heredity, punishment, and the duties of authors. Stephen discusses the complexities of moral philosophy and the implications of social behavior on ethics. The opening of this volume delves into the concept of heredity, where Stephen reflects on the connections between inherited traits and ethical considerations. He acknowledges the general fear surrounding the doctrine of heredity in terms of its implications for morality and moral responsibility, asserting that such beliefs should not detract from ethical reasoning. Stephen adeptly interweaves anecdotes, philosophical inquiries, and social criticism, ultimately arguing that understanding heredity does not undermine moral agency, suggesting instead that it enriches ethical discussions by framing them within a broader context of social and biological influences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Social ethics Ethics, Evolutionary HM Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Sociology 410526 410535 2024-09-15T13:59:23.041557 2023-09-16T07:24:40.727112 text/html text/html 412137 2011-08-03T17:28:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157594 2011-08-03T17:28:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234099 2024-09-15T13:59:29.324561 application/epub+zip 237283 2024-09-15T13:59:24.913549 application/epub+zip 226167 2024-09-15T13:59:23.907547 application/epub+zip 501776 2024-09-15T13:59:32.866509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475711 2024-09-15T13:59:28.599533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373617 2022-09-17T04:20:08.532022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384915 384695 2024-09-15T13:59:22.617551 2023-09-16T07:24:40.317113 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 384588 2011-08-03T17:28:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140564 2011-08-03T17:28:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 384597 2011-08-03T17:28:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140530 2011-08-03T17:28:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20750 2024-09-15T13:59:32.998578 application/rdf+xml 24364 2024-09-15T13:59:24.258533 image/jpeg 4418 2024-09-15T13:59:24.080553 image/jpeg 225722 2024-09-15T13:59:23.078562 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