Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics

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Title: Moral Science; A Compendium of Ethics
Author: Alexander Bain
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Language: English
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MORAL SCIENCE: A COMPENDIUM OF ETHICS
by
ALEXANDER BAIN, M.A.,
Author of "Mental Science: A Compendium of Psychology;" "The
Senses and the Intellect;" "The Emotions and the Will;" "A
Manual ooof Rhetoric;" Professor of Logic in the University
of Aberdeen, etc., etc., etc.
1869
PREFACE
The present Dissertation falls under two divisions.
The first division, entitled The Theory of Ethics, gives an account of the questions or points brought into discussion, and
handles at length the two of greatest prominence, the Ethical Standard, and the Moral Faculty.
The second division—on The Ethical Systems—is a full detail of all the systems, ancient and modern, by conjoined
Abstract and Summary. With few exceptions, an abstract is made of each author's exposition of his own theory, the
fulness being measured by relative importance; while, ...