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A system of ethics,

Author: Friedrich Paulsen; Frank Thilly
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1899.
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Paulsen, Friedrich, 1846-1908.
System of ethics.
New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1899
(OCoLC)644445480
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Friedrich Paulsen; Frank Thilly
OCLC Number: 299617
Description: xviii, 723 p. 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction : nature and function of ethics --
The conception of life and moral philosophy among the Greeks --
The Christian conception of life --
The conversion of the old world to Christianity --
The Middle Ages and their conception of life --
The modern conception of life --
Mediaeval and modern moral philosophy --
Good and bad : teleological and formalistic conceptions --
The highest good : hedonistic and energistic conceptions --
Pessimism --
The evil, the bad, and theodicy --
Duty and conscience --
Egoism and altruism --
Virtue and happiness --
Relation of morality to religion --
The freedom of the will --
Virtues and vices in general --
The education of the will and the discipline of the feelings, or self-control --
Bodily life --
Economic life --
Spiritual life and culture --
Honor and the love of honor --
Suicide --
Compassion and benevolence --
Justice --
Love of neighbor --
Veracity.
Responsibility: by Friedrich Paulsen ... ed. and tr. with the author's sanction, from the 4th rev. and enl. ed., by Frank Thilly.

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