1st Edition

Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings

By Herbert Spencer Copyright 1996
614 Pages
by Routledge

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now... Read more

Volume -The Data of Ethics Justice. Introduction, Preface, Conduct in General, The Evolution of Conduct, Good and Bad Conduct, Ways of Judging Conduct, The Physical View, The Biological View, The Psychological View, The Sociological View, Criticisms and Explanations, The Relativity of Pain and Pleasures, Egoism versus Altruism, Trial and Compromise, Conciliation, Absolute Ethics and Relative Ethics, The Scope of Ethics.

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Herbert Spencer