The Ethics of Social Life: Negative Beneficence

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"The Ethics of Social Life: Negative Beneficence" is a section of Herbert Spencer’s ethical treatise that examines moral duties to avoid harming others and to respect their well-being in social interactions.

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instanceOf	book section ⓘ ethical treatise section ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ
addresses	duties of non-interference ⓘ limits of individual conduct in society ⓘ obligations to refrain from causing suffering ⓘ respect for personal rights of others ⓘ social conditions for peaceful coexistence ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify duties of non-maleficence in society ⓘ define minimal moral requirements in social life ⓘ
analyzes	how individual behavior affects collective welfare ⓘ the ethical significance of respecting others' interests ⓘ
author	Herbert Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	ethical constraints on social interaction ⓘ social relations among individuals ⓘ
contrastsWith	positive beneficence ⓘ
discipline	ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ
focusesOn	negative beneficence ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century moral philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	classical liberal political theory ⓘ evolutionary theory as applied to ethics ⓘ
intendedAudience	philosophers ⓘ social theorists ⓘ students of ethics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTheme	moral duties to avoid harming others ⓘ respect for others' well-being in social interactions ⓘ
partOf	The Principles of Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	that moral duty primarily requires abstaining from harm rather than active beneficence ⓘ
proposes	that moral agents must avoid actions that directly injure others ⓘ that moral restraint is a key component of social ethics ⓘ
relatedConcept	individual rights ⓘ liberal individualism ⓘ non-maleficence ⓘ social order ⓘ
situatedWithin	Spencer's evolutionary ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ

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