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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Principles of Ethics canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
basis of rights and justice
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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
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evolution of moral sentiments ⓘ relativity of ethical codes to social evolution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developsTheory |
evolutionary theory of ethical conduct
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evolutionary theory of morality ⓘ |
| ethicalView |
defends individual liberty within constraints of social welfare
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grounds justice in equal freedom ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Data of Ethics
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The Ethics of Individual Life ⓘ The Ethics of Social Life: Justice ⓘ The Ethics of Social Life: Negative Beneficence ⓘ The Ethics of Social Life: Negative Beneficence ⓘ
surface form:
The Ethics of Social Life: Positive Beneficence
The Inductions of Ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Darwin
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Jeremy Bentham ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ethics
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evolutionary ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
application of evolutionary principles to ethics
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influence on later evolutionary and sociological ethics ⓘ systematic exposition of Spencer's ethical theory ⓘ |
| partOf | Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
evolutionism
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utilitarianism ⓘ |
| positionOnEthics |
links morality to conditions of human survival and welfare
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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
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The Study of Sociology ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume treatise ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
The Principles of Psychology (Spencer)