Project Gutenberg 2005-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 670 Addams, Jane 1860 1935 Addams, Laura Jane Democracy and Social Ethics Produced by Alicia Williams, Joel Schlosberg and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Democracy and Social Ethics" by Jane Addams is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work builds upon the author's insights from a series of lectures, focusing on the interconnectedness between ethical progress, democracy, and social relations. It examines how moral obligations extend beyond personal and family responsibilities to include broader societal duties, encouraging readers to confront social inequities and ethical dilemmas arising from the modern democratic context. The opening of the book introduces the theme of personal versus social ethics, emphasizing the importance of recognizing our responsibilities as members of a larger community. Addams reflects on the limitations of individual moral standards that are insufficient in addressing contemporary societal complexities and encourages a shift toward collective action. She underscores the necessity of experiencing the struggles of others to foster a genuine sense of democracy and social consciousness, positing that the evolution of morals must adapt to societal changes and the increasing demand for social justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Social sciences United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 Social ethics HN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 337599 2025-08-06T14:16:28.906137 text/html 327397 2020-12-14T08:54:55 text/html 194824 2025-08-06T14:16:35.519116 application/epub+zip 196532 2025-08-06T14:16:31.585184 application/epub+zip 184057 2025-08-06T14:16:30.494148 application/epub+zip 370692 2025-08-06T14:16:38.613080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341316 2025-08-06T14:16:34.856107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297903 2022-09-07T22:04:33.571991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308210 2025-08-06T14:16:28.296182 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 307996 2020-12-14T08:54:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 307995 2020-12-14T08:54:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20726 2025-08-06T14:16:38.743075 application/rdf+xml 13612 2025-08-06T14:16:30.999142 image/jpeg 3756 2025-08-06T14:16:30.746121 image/jpeg 112035 2020-12-14T08:54:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 116010 2020-12-14T08:54:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 111984 2020-12-14T08:54:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 189181 2025-08-06T14:16:28.934116 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