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Transcriber's note: Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in
curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page
breaks occurred in the original book. For its Index, a page
number has been placed only at the start of that section. THE MORAL ECONOMY by RALPH BARTON PERRY Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Harvard University Author of The Free Man and the Soldier
The Moral Economy
The Approach to Philosophy Charles Scribner's Sons
New York Chicago Boston Atlanta
San Francisco Dallas Copyright, 1909, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without
the permission of Charles Scribner's Sons
DEDICATED TO N. MARCH 30, 1909
"Things and actions are what they are, and the
consequences of them will be what they will be;
why then should we desire to be deceived?" BISHOP BUTLER.
{vii} PREFACE This little book is the preliminary sketch of a system of ethics. Its
form differs from that of most contemporary books on the subject
because of the omission of the traditional controversies. I have
attempted to study morality directly, to derive its conceptions and
laws from an analysis of life. I have made this attempt because, in
the first place, I believe that theoretical ethics is seriously
embarrassed by its present emphasis on the history and criticism of
doctrines; by its failure to resort to experience, where without more
ado it may solve its problems on their merits. But, in the second
place, I hope that by appealing to experience and neglecting scholastic
technicalities, I may connect ethical theory with every day reflection
on practical matters. Morality is, without doubt, the most human and
urgent of all topics of study; and I should like, if possible, to make
it appear so. The references which I have embodied in the notes are intended to serve
the English reader as an introduction to accessible and untechnical
literature on the subjects treated in the several chapters. These
chapters coincide with the main divisions of ethical inquiry: Goodness,
Duty, Virtue, Progress, Culture, and Religion. And although so brief a
treatment of so large a programme is impossible without sacrifice of
thoroughness, it does provide both a general survey of the field, and a
varied application of certain fundamental ideas. RALPH BARTON PERRY.
CAMBRIDGE, 1909.
{ix} TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
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MORALITY AS THE ORGANIZATION OF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. THE GENERAL CLAIMS OF MORALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The practical necessity of morality, 1. The interplay
of dogmatism and scepticism, 4. The fundamental
character of morality, 7. II. GOODNESS IN GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The dependence of value on life, 9. Definition of the
simpler terms of value. Goodness: the fulfilment of
interest, 11. "Good" and "good for," 12. III. MORAL GOODNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The moral organization of life, 13. Definition of the
terms of moral value. Moral goodness: the fulfilment of
an economy of interests, 15. Moral goodness and
pleasure, 16. Rightness or virtue, 18. Morality and
life, 19. IV. MORALITY AND NATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The alleged artificiality of morality, 20. Morality
and the struggle for existence, 21. Morality and
adaptation, 22. Morality is natural if life is, 24. V. MORALITY AND CONFLICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Morality and competitive struggle. Morality the
condition of strength, 24. The value of conflict, 23.
The elimination of conflict, 26. Morality and the love
of life, 27. VI. THE DIGNITY AND LUSTRE OF MORALITY . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The effect of war on sentiment and the imagination, 28.
Real power is constructive, not destructive or
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