Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-329) and index.
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Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Philosophy of Henry Sidgwick -- A Note on the Contents -- A Note on Grote -- PART I. ETHICS -- 1. Utilitarianism (1873) -- 2. The Theory of Evolution in its Application to Practice (1876) -- 3. Professor Calderwood on Intuitionism in Morals (1876) -- 4. Mr. Barratt on 'The Suppression of Egoism' (1877) -- 5. The Establishment of Ethical First Principles (1879) -- 6. Some Fundamental Ethical Controversies (1889) -- 7. Law and Morality (1891) -- 8. The Distinction between 'Is' and 'Ought' (1892).
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19. Grote on Utilitarianism I (1871) -- 20. Grote on Utilitarianism II (1871) -- 21. Fitzjames Stephen on Mill on Liberty (1873) -- 22. Bradley's Ethical Studies (1876) -- 23. Sidgwick vs. Bradley (1877) -- 24. Bentham and Benthamism in Politics and Ethics (1877) -- 25. Mr. Spencer's Ethical System (1880) -- 26. Leslie Stephen's Science of Ethics (1882) -- 27. Green's Ethics (1884) -- 28. Fowler's Progressive Morality (1885) -- 29. Idiopsychological Ethics (1887) -- 30. Spencer on Justice (1892) -- Notes on Sources -- Bibliography and Bibliographical Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F.
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9. The Relation of Ethics to Sociology (1899) -- PART II. VALUE THEORY AND MORAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 10. Pleasure and Desire (1872) -- 11. Hedonism and Ultimate Good (1877) -- 12. The Feeling-Tone of Desire and Aversion (1892) -- 13. Unreasonable Action (1893) -- PART III. METHOD: TRUTH, EVIDENCE, AND BELIEF -- 14. Verification of Beliefs (1871) -- 15. Incoherence of Empirical Philosophy (1882) -- 16. The Philosophy of Common Sense (1895) -- 17. Criteria of Truth and Error (1900) -- 18. Further on the Criteria of Truth and Error (1900) -- PART IV. COMMENTS AND CRITIQUES.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'Essays on Ethics and Method' is a selection of shorter writings on the 19th century philosopher Henry Sidgewick. The essays develop further Sidgewick's ethical ideas and illuminate other aspects of his thought.