02332cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000410012624500890016726400510025630000470030733600260035433700260038033800360040650000310044250801150047352013070058853400450189565300190194065300160195985600430197529917UtSlPG20260610133700.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a09033061  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBJ1 aThornton, William Thomas,d1813-188010aOld-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics :bWith Some of Their Applications 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2009-09-06  aE-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics" by William Thomas Thornton is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. The work delves into ethical principles and metaphysical inquiries, focusing particularly on common-sense approaches to understanding morality, duty, and the human condition. Thornton critiques utilitarianism, exploring the implications of pleasure as the primary object of ethical consideration, while emphasizing the importance of virtue and duty as central to a moral framework.  The opening of this thought-provoking work sets the stage for a critical examination of utilitarianism, presenting it as a doctrine that reduces morality to the pursuit of pleasure while failing to account for deeper ethical obligations. Thornton begins by laying out the tenets of utilitarianism and then proceeds to challenge its core tenets through a series of moral dilemmas and thought experiments, arguing that true virtue often requires self-denial and prioritizing the welfare of others over one's own enjoyment. He posits that morality transcends mere utility and calls for a return to ethical principles rooted in duty and virtue, suggesting that a rich moral life cannot be reduced to the pursuit of individual happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aUtilitarianism  aMetaphysics40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29917