1st Edition

The Good Will A Study in the Coherence Theory of Goodness

By Paton, H J Copyright 2003
456 Pages
by Routledge

450 Pages
by Routledge

456 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2002. This is Volume X of twelve in the Library of Philosophy series on Ethics. Written in 1927, this book presents a study in the Coherence Theory of Goodness and looks at areas of will and its context, self and self-knowledge, the world and self and develops into the will as immediate and as individual. The book ends on will as both moral and social. It looks at goodness on... Read more
Chapter 1 Introductory; Part 1 The Will and its Context; Chapter 2 Goodness in Itself; Chapter 3 Self and Self-Knowledge; Chapter 4 The World and the Self; Part 2 The will as Immediate; Chapter 5 Elementary Willing; Chapter 6 The Immediate Good; Part 3 The will as Individual; Chapter 7 Policy; Chapter 8 The Individual Good; Chapter 9 The Individual Good; Part 4 The will as Social; Chapter 10 The Social Will; Chapter 11 The Social Will; Chapter 12 The Good Man; Part 5 The Will as Moral; Chapter 13 Aspects of Goodness; Chapter 14 The Moral Judgement; Chapter 15 Acceptance and Sacrifice; Chapter 16 The Saint and the Divine Society;

Biography

H J Paton Fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford