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 Project Gutenberg 2018-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 133 Guthrie, Malcolm (Writer on Herbert Spencer) Guthrie, Malcolm 10006256 On Mr. Spencer's Data of Ethics Produced by Donald Cummings, Adrian Mastronardi, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "On Mr. Spencer's Data of Ethics" by Malcolm Guthrie is a critical philosophical examination written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on assessing Herbert Spencer's theories regarding ethics, particularly their foundations in biology, psychology, and sociology, and takes a comprehensive approach towards understanding moral conduct through an evolutionary lens. Guthrie seeks to elucidate the complex relationship between ethics and the broader cosmological and biological processes, arguing that genuine ethical understanding stems from a solid grasp of these foundational elements. The opening of the text introduces the author's intention to scrutinize Spencer's philosophical system, proceeding to highlight the limitations of his approach. Guthrie criticizes Spencer's attempt to unify ethics with a cosmological framework, revealing the inadequacies in linking ethical behavior solely to biological prerequisites. The author emphasizes the need to consider subjective factors, such as feelings and societal influences, as integral to the evolution of ethical thought, suggesting that mere biological progress does not account for moral imperatives. Through this critical lens, the groundwork is laid for a more nuanced exploration of ethics rooted in both individual and collective human experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Ethics, Evolutionary Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903. Data of ethics BJ Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 264038 2025-06-22T14:24:22.031982 text/html 264177 2018-03-11T09:21:24 text/html 126987 2025-06-22T14:24:25.683944 application/epub+zip 128316 2025-06-22T14:24:22.630930 application/epub+zip 128316 2025-06-22T14:24:22.311967 application/epub+zip 207698 2025-06-22T14:24:28.309453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182614 2025-06-22T14:24:25.371919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186748 2022-08-25T14:08:47.750166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243147 2025-06-22T14:24:21.712913 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 243294 2018-03-11T09:21:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18209 2025-06-22T14:24:28.450392 application/rdf+xml 8847 2025-06-22T14:24:22.399951 image/jpeg 1900 2025-06-22T14:24:22.355934 image/jpeg 82249 2018-03-11T09:21:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 110384 2018-03-11T09:21:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 111351 2025-06-22T14:24:22.057926 application/octet-stream application/zip