Project Gutenberg 2014-06-30 Public domain in the USA. 181 Spencer, Herbert 1820 1903 The Data of Ethics E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, David Garcia, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Data of Ethics" by Herbert Spencer is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work is part of Spencer's "System of Synthetic Philosophy" and explores the principles of morality, aiming to establish ethics on a scientific basis rather than relying on supernatural concepts. The book addresses the evolution of conduct and moral standards in society, emphasizing the need for a secular approach to ethics in a changing world. The opening of the book presents the author's preface, where he outlines his intentions and the conceptual framework for the content that will follow. Spencer expresses his concern about the moral challenges arising from the decline of traditional ethical systems and emphasizes the requirement for a new, empirically-based understanding of ethics. He introduces key themes such as the relationship between individual actions and societal consequences, the concept of conduct as a dynamic whole, and the need for ethics to evolve alongside human society. Spencer indicates that his analysis will involve examining conduct at large, evolving conduct through the ages, and the importance of understanding these concepts to create a robust ethical framework. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46129/46129-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 38.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Ethics, Evolutionary BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Philosophy & Ethics 643755 2025-06-18T16:02:13.510711 text/html 627955 2024-10-24T08:25:32 text/html 430896 2025-06-18T16:02:20.717612 application/epub+zip 436177 2025-06-18T16:02:14.821684 application/epub+zip 300188 2025-06-18T16:02:14.159693 application/epub+zip 606214 2025-06-18T16:02:25.658660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559704 2025-06-18T16:02:20.060651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424699 2022-09-21T04:19:28.935163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 601600 2023-09-20T06:15:01.271620 text/plain 581702 2024-10-24T08:25:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15779 2025-06-18T16:02:25.816639 application/rdf+xml 25956 2025-06-18T16:02:14.272655 image/jpeg 3553 2025-06-18T16:02:14.217658 image/jpeg 398134 2025-06-18T16:02:13.573674 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