Project Gutenberg 2004-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 212 Bain, Alexander 1818 1903 Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics E-text prepared by papeters, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Moral Science: A Compendium of Ethics" by Alexander Bain is a philosophical treatise written during the late 19th century. The book delves into the foundations and principles of ethical theory, examining various ethical standards and systems from antiquity to modern thought. Bain's work articulates the connections between ethics and psychology, highlighting the moral faculty, the nature of right and wrong, and the ultimate goals of ethical conduct. The opening of the book introduces Bain's framework, which is divided into two main sections: the theory of ethics and the ethical systems. In the first part, he outlines fundamental questions regarding the ethical standard, focusing on the moral faculty and the concept of happiness as the supreme good. He raises discussions around the nature of moral obligations, the interplay between law and morality, and the relationship between ethics and psychology. Bain emphasizes that ethical standards are essential for societal welfare, positing that the justice and harmony of human interactions ultimately depend on understanding and applying ethical principles in a way that benefits the collective good. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Ethics Ethics -- History BJ Text Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 919094 2025-08-05T17:24:11.750616 text/html 919096 918953 2024-11-06T05:16:54.240690 2023-10-06T07:05:14.333523 text/html text/html 416899 2025-08-05T17:24:22.543509 application/epub+zip 431249 2025-08-05T17:24:15.257568 application/epub+zip 408199 2025-08-05T17:24:13.830603 application/epub+zip 754896 2025-08-05T17:24:28.178483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 710694 2025-08-05T17:24:21.704547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678175 2022-09-06T23:10:10.789539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 870819 2025-08-05T17:24:11.214587 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 850941 2024-10-28T19:57:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16821 2025-08-05T17:24:28.307505 application/rdf+xml 16906 2025-08-05T17:24:14.341572 image/jpeg 3856 2025-08-05T17:24:14.085557 image/jpeg 414731 2025-08-05T17:24:11.822615 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia