Project Gutenberg 2015-01-19 Public domain in the USA. 61 Sorley, W. R. (William Ritchie) 1855 1935 Sorley, William Ritchie 09033062 On the Ethics of Naturalism Produced by Charlene Taylor, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, JoAnn Greenwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "On the Ethics of Naturalism" by W. R. Sorley is a philosophical work written in the late 19th century. This text presents a series of lectures examining the foundations of ethics from a naturalistic perspective, emphasizing the interplay between theoretical philosophy and ethical inquiry. It seeks to explore fundamental questions about human conduct, ethics, and the nature of moral sentiments, primarily focusing on how these concepts are intertwined with human nature and experience. At the start of the work, the author introduces the relationship between ethics and theoretical philosophy, suggesting that ethical doctrines stem from metaphysical and psychological foundations. Sorley outlines various viewpoints that shape ethical understanding, such as teleological and empirical approaches. He emphasizes the need to rigorously question the ethical ends that humans strive for, positing that these ends must not merely be transient feelings but should reflect deeper moral truths established through rational inquiry. The introductory chapter sets the stage for a detailed exploration of individualistic theories, psychological hedonism, and the potential transitions toward utilitarianism, indicating a comprehensive examination of ethical principles grounded in human nature and its interaction with surrounding environments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ethics Ethics, Evolutionary BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 696232 696233 2024-09-20T06:39:02.985781 2023-09-21T03:37:21.447460 text/html text/html 708000 2015-01-19T10:02:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 250136 2015-01-19T10:02:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 274633 2024-09-20T06:39:13.690753 application/epub+zip 288501 2024-09-20T06:39:04.832843 application/epub+zip 288501 2024-09-20T06:39:03.931803 application/epub+zip 473831 2024-09-20T06:39:19.378712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442071 2024-09-20T06:39:12.756736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442297 2022-09-21T18:47:10.262611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554744 554606 2024-09-20T06:39:01.185787 2023-09-21T03:37:19.741435 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 555033 2015-01-19T10:02:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 189681 2015-01-19T10:02:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18670 2024-09-20T06:39:19.522698 application/rdf+xml 7496 2024-09-20T06:39:04.083790 image/jpeg 1479 2024-09-20T06:39:04.009784 image/jpeg 256597 2024-09-20T06:39:03.035813 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