  - Absolute—and relative Ethics, according to Spencer 72.
- Accountability—See responsibility.
- Activity—human, the subject-matter of ethics 1 ff.
- —the object of desire 21 ff.
- —the standard of pleasure 45; 50.
- —equals exercise of function 101.
- —opposed to mere possession 209; 215; 218; 220.
- —two sides of 219.
- —see freedom.
- Æsthetic feelings—may be moral 199.
- —see art.
- Agent—moral, one capable of acting from ideas 3.
- —see person.
- Alexander, S.—quoted: on idea of sum of pleasures 46.
- —referred to: 9; 46; 77; 111; 134; 158; 165; 202; 216; 221; 227.
- Altruism—how identified with egoism 59.
- —reconciled, by Spencer, with egoism 70 ff.
- —conflicts, at present, with egoism 76.
- —older moralists termed benevolence 195.
- —not necessarily moral 107.
- —not disguised selfishness 109.
- —may equal charity 125.
- Amusements—moral nature of 133.
- Approbation—nature of 161.
- Aristotle—quoted: on pleasure 18;
- on pleasure and character 29;
- on the mean 136.
- —referred to: 31.
- Art (and Science)—nature of interest in 111.
- —distinction of fine and useful 112.
- —interest in, why moral 113 ff.
- —interest in, really social 118 ff.
- —life an, 120.
- —essentially dynamic 126.
- Asceticism—means formalism 94.
- —element of truth in 95.
- —results when interest is excluded 106.
- Aspiration—involved in morality 213; 222.
- Autonomy—Kant's conception of justified 149.
- Badness—of environment a factor in right action 176; 224.
- —its source and factors 214.
- —its relation to goodness 223.
- —potential and actual function; motive.
- Environment—defined by relation to capacity 99 ff.
- —meaning of adjustment to 115 ff.
- —moral, exists in institutions 171.
- —badness of, an element in right action 176; 190.
- —enlarged by moral action 207.
- Ethical World—discussed 167 ff.
- —nature illustrated 168.
- —relation to moral law 174.
- —see Institutions.
- Ethics—defined 1.
- —divided 3.
- —its object according to Spencer 68.
- —see theory.
- Evolution, Theory of—combined with hedonism 67 ff.
- —not really hedonistic 71 ff.
- —its real standard objective 72.
- Faith—a factor in moral progress 123; 127 ff.
- —in humanity, meaning of 129.
- —why demanded in moral action 217; 222.
- Feelings—natural and moral 5 ff.; 25 ff.; 87.
- —sympathetic relied upon by utilitarians 57.
- —necessary in moral activity 85.
- —active, equal interests 102.
- —moral, defined by end 108;
- see also motive.
- —value of 195 ff.
- —moral, not too narrowly limited 199.
- Freedom—is object of desire 24.
- —equals exercise of function 138.
- —various aspects of 158.
- —of choice defined 159.
- —of indifference discussed 161 ff.
- —actualized in rights 172; 174.
- —positive, realized in virtues 229.
- Function—union of capacity and circumstance in act 103.
- —freedom found in exercise of 164 ff.
- Gizycki—referred to: 66.
- God—an external, cannot be the source of obligation 149.
- Goethe—referred to: 128.
- Golden Rule—identified by Mill with principle of utilitarianism 59.
- —gives no directions as to conduct 204.
- —is a concrete statement of ethical postulate 205.
- Green, T. H.—quoted: on desire and pleasure 21;
- on sum of pleasures 43;
- on nature of happiness 45;
- on conscientiousness 200; 202;
- on goodness 215.
- —relation to conscience 183.
- —how made known 190 ff.
- —practical value of sense of 196.
- —must be individualized 197; 201.
- —when opposed to desire 213; 216.
- —the union with desire the moral ideal 234.
- —see desire, law and universal.
- Pater—referred to: 66.
- Pathological—all inclination, according to Kant 86.
- —opposed to active 212.
- Paulsen—referred to: 67; 111.
- Person—is one capable of conduct 97.
- Pleasure—an element in activity 24.
- —not the moving spring to action 26.
- —sum of, dependent on objective conditions 44 ff.
- —quality of, similarly dependent 47 ff.
- —may symbolize action 51.
- —general, a vague idea 62.
- —fixed by social relations 65; 77.
- —not a sufficient guide at present 75.
- —dependent on self-realization 83.
- —all right action involves 228.
- —see desire and hedonism.
- Postulate—moral, defined 129 ff.
- —equals Golden Rule 205.
- Problem—moral 3.
- Progress—necessary in moral action 135 ff.
- —moral, nature of 209.
- Prudence—not outside moral sphere 105.
- Reason—opposed to desire by Kant 147.
- —Kant's conception too immediate 150.
- —practical, idea of 191.
- Reformation—possibility of 162 ff.
- Relativity—of morals, means what 136.
- Responsibility—nature of 160 ff.
- —of parents and children 203.
- Reverence—Kant regards as sole moral feeling 86.
- Rights—exist by common will 172.
- Rousseau—his influence upon Kant 148.
- Royce, J.—referred to: 61; 111.
- Rule—moral, not a command 204.
- —a tool of analysis 204.
- Satisfaction—moral, creates new wants 208.
- —good and bad 217.
- Science—nature of interest in 111.
- —the preËminent moral means 237.
- —see art.
- Schurman, J. G.—referred to: Transcriber's Corrections:
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