Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PURPOSE AND LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY
- CHAPTER II THE THEORY OF MOTIVES
- CHAPTER III THEORY OF SOCIAL MOTIVES
- CHAPTER IV FORM OF THE MORAL LAW
- CHAPTER V CONTENTS OF THE MORAL LAW
- CHAPTER VI ALTRUISM
- CHAPTER VII MERIT
- CHAPTER VIII THE CONSCIENCE
- CHAPTER IX HAPPINESS AS A CRITERION
- CHAPTER X MORALITY AND HAPPINESS
- CHAPTER XI CONCLUSION
CHAPTER VI - ALTRUISM
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PURPOSE AND LIMITS OF THE INQUIRY
- CHAPTER II THE THEORY OF MOTIVES
- CHAPTER III THEORY OF SOCIAL MOTIVES
- CHAPTER IV FORM OF THE MORAL LAW
- CHAPTER V CONTENTS OF THE MORAL LAW
- CHAPTER VI ALTRUISM
- CHAPTER VII MERIT
- CHAPTER VIII THE CONSCIENCE
- CHAPTER IX HAPPINESS AS A CRITERION
- CHAPTER X MORALITY AND HAPPINESS
- CHAPTER XI CONCLUSION
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- The Science of Ethics , pp. 219 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1882