1. A uniform psychological theory not supplied by the op- 2. The non-hedonistic theory of action 'natural affection' 3. The theory of the moral sense Primarily historical, but suggests ethical application Bearing of the theory of evolution 1. On theories depending on moral sentiment or intuition Resultant attitude of evolutionism to intuitionism (b) Limits to conciliation of egoism and altruism (a) Continued existence of competition . (B) Different and conflicting degrees of altruism (7) Altruism of interest and altruism of motive. 2. Evolutionist argument for concomitance of life and pleasure 3. Consideration of the objections which may be taken to this (a) Incompleteness of the evolutionist argument (8) The pessimist doctrine that life tends to misery Individual progress (a) Difficulty of reconciling individual and social ends THE ETHICS OF NATURALISM. CHAPTER I. THE ETHICAL PROBLEM. ion of ethics retical philo EVERY great system of philosophy seeks to include 1. Connexwithin its scope an interpretation not merely of with theothe course of the world, but also of the judgments sophy. and ideals of worth which accompany our contemplation of it, and direct our own share in its progress. No philosophical doctrine is complete which neglects the characteristic facts and conceptions of ethics. And, on the other hand, enquiries into the nature of goodness remain inadequate until brought into connexion with the general theory of reality. It is true that moralists have often attempted to do without metaphysics, or to keep their views on morality apart from their metaphysical theory. They have started with intuitions of right and wrong, or with the feelings of approbation and disapprobation, or with ideals of A |