Les Spencer, Herbert 1820-1903 creator text utu 2010 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Les bases de la morale évolutionniste" by Herbert Spencer is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work discusses the foundations of moral principles from an evolutionary perspective, aiming to establish a scientific basis for understanding right and wrong conduct. Spencer's objective is to demonstrate how morality can evolve alongside human societies, especially in response to changing social structures and norms. The opening of the book starts with an introduction that explores the necessity of establishing a scientific basis for morality, especially as traditional religious and moral authorities begin to lose their influence. Spencer emphasizes the importance of understanding morality as part of a larger evolutionary framework that takes into account the collective behavior of individuals within society. He discusses the changes and adaptations in moral behavior across different cultural contexts and emphasizes that morality must adapt to sustain social order, highlighting the differences between traditional views of morality and those grounded in scientific understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2010-06-30 Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica). Original publication data not identified Ethics B Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33032 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33032 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133744.0 33032