{"product_id":"2940014486842","title":"Ethics","description":"The significance of this text in Ethics lies in its effort to awaken\u003cbr\u003ea vital conviction of the genuine reality of moral problems and the\u003cbr\u003evalue of reflective thought in dealing with them. To this purpose\u003cbr\u003eare subordinated the presentation in Part I. of historic material;\u003cbr\u003ethe discussion in Part II. of the different types of theoretical\u003cbr\u003einterpretation, and the consideration, in Part III., of some typical\u003cbr\u003esocial and economic problems which characterize the present.\u003cbr\u003eExperience shows that the student of morals has difficulty in getting\u003cbr\u003ethe field objectively and definitely before him so that its problems\u003cbr\u003estrike him as real problems. Conduct is so intimate that it is not\u003cbr\u003eeasy\u003cbr\u003eto analyze. It is so important that to a large extent the perspective\u003cbr\u003efor regarding it has been unconsciously fixed by early training. The\u003cbr\u003ehistorical method of approach has proved in the classroom experience\u003cbr\u003eof\u003cbr\u003ePage 1\u003cbr\u003eEthics\u003cbr\u003ethe authors an effective method of meeting these difficulties. To\u003cbr\u003efollow\u003cbr\u003ethe moral life through typical epochs of its development enables\u003cbr\u003estudents to realize what is involved in their own habitual\u003cbr\u003estandpoints;\u003cbr\u003eit also presents a concrete body of subject-matter which serves as\u003cbr\u003ematerial of analysis and discussion.\u003cbr\u003eThe classic conceptions of moral theory are of remarkable importance\u003cbr\u003ein\u003cbr\u003eilluminating the obscure places of the moral life and in giving the\u003cbr\u003estudent clues which will enable him to explore it for himself. But\u003cbr\u003ethere\u003cbr\u003eis always danger of either dogmatism or a sense of unreality when\u003cbr\u003estudents are introduced abruptly to the theoretical ideas. Instead of\u003cbr\u003eserving as tools for understanding the moral facts, the ideas are\u003cbr\u003elikely to become substitutes for the facts. When they are proffered\u003cbr\u003eready-made, their theoretical acuteness and cleverness may be admired,\u003cbr\u003ebut their practical soundness and applicability are suspected. The\u003cbr\u003ehistorical introduction permits the student to be present, as it were,\u003cbr\u003eat the social situations in which the intellectual instruments were\u003cbr\u003eforged. He appreciates their relevancy to the conditions which\u003cbr\u003eprovoked\u003cbr\u003ethem, and he is encouraged to try them on simple problems before\u003cbr\u003eattempting the complex problems of the present. By assisting in their\u003cbr\u003egradual development he gains confidence in the ideas and in his power\u003cbr\u003eto\u003cbr\u003euse them.\u003cbr\u003eIn the second part, devoted more specifically to the analysis and\u003cbr\u003ecriticism of the leading conceptions of moral theory, the aim\u003cbr\u003eaccordingly has not been to instill the notions of a school nor to\u003cbr\u003einculcate a ready-made system, but to show the development of theories\u003cbr\u003eout of the problems and experience of every-day conduct, and to\u003cbr\u003esuggest\u003cbr\u003ehow these theories may be fruitfully applied in practical exigencies.\u003cbr\u003eAspects of the moral life have been so thoroughly examined that it is\u003cbr\u003epossible to present certain principles in the confidence that they\u003cbr\u003ewill\u003cbr\u003emeet general acceptance. Rationalism and hedonism, for example, have\u003cbr\u003econtributed toward a scientific statement of the elements of conduct,\u003cbr\u003eeven though they have failed as self-inclosed and final systems. After\u003cbr\u003ethe discussions of Kant and Mill, Sidgwick and Green, Martineau and\u003cbr\u003eSpencer, it is possible to affirm that there is a place in the moral\u003cbr\u003elife for reason and a place for happiness,--a place for duty and a\u003cbr\u003eplace\u003cbr\u003efor valuation. Theories are treated not as incompatible rival systems\u003cbr\u003ewhich must be accepted or rejected _en bloc_, but as more or less\u003cbr\u003eadequate methods of surveying the problems of conduct. This mode of\u003cbr\u003eapproach facilitates the scientific estimation and determination of\u003cbr\u003ethe\u003cbr\u003epart played by various factors in the complexity of moral life. The\u003cbr\u003ePage 2\u003cbr\u003eEthics\u003cbr\u003estudent is put in a position to judge the problems of conduct for\u003cbr\u003ehimself. This emancipation and enlightenment of individual judgment is\u003cbr\u003ethe chief aim of the theoretical portion.\u003cbr\u003eIn a considerable part of the field, particularly in the political and\u003cbr\u003eeconomic portions of Part III., no definitive treatment is as yet\u003cbr\u003epossible. Nevertheless, it is highly desirable to introduce the\u003cbr\u003estudent\u003cbr\u003eto the examination of these unsettled questions. When the whole\u003cbr\u003ecivilized world is giving its energies to the meaning and value of\u003cbr\u003ejustice and democracy, it is intolerably academic that those\u003cbr\u003einterested\u003cbr\u003ein ethics should have to be content with conceptions already worked\u003cbr\u003eout,\u003cbr\u003ewhich therefore relate to what is least doubtful in conduct rather\u003cbr\u003ethan\u003cbr\u003eto questions now urgent. Moreover, the advantages of considering\u003cbr\u003etheory\u003cbr\u003eand practice in direct relation to each other are mutual. On the one\u003cbr\u003ehand, as against the _a priori_ claims of both individualism and\u003cbr\u003esocialism, the need of the hour seems to us to be the application of\u003cbr\u003emethods of more deliberate analysis and","brand":"All classic book warehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178958471408,"sku":"2940014486842","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014486842_p0.jpg?v=1763609637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014486842","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}