Prolegomena to Ethics

Prolegomena to Ethics (1883) by T. H. Green

Introduction: The Idea of a Natural Science of Morals

Book I: Metaphysics of Knowledge
 Chapter I: The Spiritual Principle in Knowledge and in Nature
  The Spiritual Principle in Knowledge
  The Spiritual Principle in Nature
 Chapter II: The Relation of Man, as Intelligence, to the Spiritual Principle in Nature
 Chapter III: The Freedom of Man as Intelligence

Book II: The Will
 Chapter I: The Freedom of the Will
 Chapter II: Desire, Intellect, and Will
  Desire
  Desire and Intellect
  Desire and Will
  Will and Intellect

Book III: The Moral Ideal and Moral Progress
 Chapter I: Good and Moral Good
  Pleasure and Desire
  The Intrinsic Nature of Moral Good
 Chapter II: Characteristics of the Moral Ideal
  The Personal Character of the Moral Ideal
  The Formal Character of the Moral Ideal or Law
 Chapter III: The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideal
  Reason as Source of the Idea of a Common Good
  The Formal Character of the Moral Ideal or Law
 Chapter IV: The Development of the Moral Ideal—Continued
  The Determination of the Idea of Common Good
  Pleasure and Common Good
  Virtue as Common Good
 Chapter V: The Development of the Moral Ideal—Continued
  The Greek and the Modern Conceptions of Virtue

Book IV: The Application of Moral Philosophy to the Guidance of Conduct
 Chapter I: The Practical Value of the Moral Ideal
 Chapter II: The Practical Value of a Theory of the Moral Ideal
 Chapter III: The Practical Value of a Hedonistic Moral Philosophy
 Chapter IV: The Practical Value of Utilitarianism Compared with that of the Theory of the Good as Human Perfection
  The Good as Greatest Pleasure
  Mr. Sidgwick’s view of Ultimate Good

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