The Principles of Ethics

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The Principles of Ethics is a major philosophical work by Herbert Spencer that systematically develops his evolutionary theory of morality and ethical conduct.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses basis of rights and justice ⓘ
criteria of moral progress ⓘ
relationship between individual and society ⓘ
role of sympathy in morality ⓘ
aimsTo derive ethical principles from facts of human life and evolution ⓘ
author Herbert Spencer ⓘ
centralConcept adaptation of conduct to the conditions of social life ⓘ
evolution of moral sentiments ⓘ
relativity of ethical codes to social evolution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
developsTheory evolutionary theory of ethical conduct ⓘ
evolutionary theory of morality ⓘ
ethicalView defends individual liberty within constraints of social welfare ⓘ
grounds justice in equal freedom ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasPart The Data of Ethics ⓘ
The Ethics of Individual Life ⓘ
The Ethics of Social Life: Justice ⓘ
The Ethics of Social Life: Negative Beneficence ⓘ
The Ethics of Social Life: Positive Beneficence ⓘ
The Inductions of Ethics ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
Jeremy Bentham ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject ethics ⓘ
evolutionary ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
notableFor application of evolutionary principles to ethics ⓘ
influence on later evolutionary and sociological ethics ⓘ
systematic exposition of Spencer's ethical theory ⓘ
partOf Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool evolutionism ⓘ
utilitarianism ⓘ
positionOnEthics links morality to conditions of human survival and welfare ⓘ
rejects purely theological basis of ethics ⓘ
seeks naturalistic foundation for morality ⓘ
proposes ethics as a science based on observation and induction ⓘ
publicationPeriodEnd 1893 ⓘ
publicationPeriodStart 1879 ⓘ
relatedWork First Principles ⓘ
The Study of Sociology ⓘ
structure multi-volume treatise ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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The Principles of Psychology (Spencer) → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Principles of Ethics ⓘ
subject linked to: The Principles of Psychology
Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy → hasPart → The Principles of Ethics ⓘ
The Data of Ethics → partOf → The Principles of Ethics ⓘ
The Ethics of Individual Life → partOf → The Principles of Ethics ⓘ