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100 1 _aGuthrie, Malcolm
_q(Writer on Herbert Spencer)
245 1 0 _aOn Mr. Spencer's Data of Ethics
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2018-03-11
508 _aProduced by Donald Cummings, Adrian Mastronardi, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"On Mr. Spencer's Data of Ethics" by Malcolm Guthrie is a critical philosophical examination written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on assessing Herbert Spencer's theories regarding ethics, particularly their foundations in biology, psychology, and sociology, and takes a comprehensive approach towards understanding moral conduct through an evolutionary lens. Guthrie seeks to elucidate the complex relationship between ethics and the broader cosmological and biological processes, arguing that genuine ethical understanding stems from a solid grasp of these foundational elements. The opening of the text introduces the author's intention to scrutinize Spencer's philosophical system, proceeding to highlight the limitations of his approach. Guthrie criticizes Spencer's attempt to unify ethics with a cosmological framework, revealing the inadequacies in linking ethical behavior solely to biological prerequisites. The author emphasizes the need to consider subjective factors, such as feelings and societal influences, as integral to the evolution of ethical thought, suggesting that mere biological progress does not account for moral imperatives. Through this critical lens, the groundwork is laid for a more nuanced exploration of ethics rooted in both individual and collective human experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEthics, Evolutionary
653 _aSpencer, Herbert, 1820-1903. Data of ethics
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56721
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