A short history of morals
By: by J[ohn] M[ackinnon] Robertson
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society
Publisher: Watts & Company
Published: 1920
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
Subjects: Ethics; History
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction: Ethics and Life; The Ethics of Opinion; Preliminary Discussion of Terms; title: II. The Evolution of Morals (Pre-Philosophic): Moral Beginnings; Theological Ethics; Political Ethics; title: III. Ancient Philosophical Ethics: Greek Ethical Doctrines; Roman Ethics; Chinese Ethical Doctrines; Buddhism; title: IV. Modern Ethical Systems: Official Christian Ethics; Transition from Theological to Rational Ethics; Hobbes and His Age; Spinoza and Locke; From Clarke to Butler; Hume; From Hartley to Paley; Rationalist Utilitarianism; Kant and Later German Ethics; Subsisting Ethical Issues.