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Ethics by Dewey, John, 1859-1952; Tufts, James Hayden, 1862-1942, author is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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2 preliminary leaves, iii-xiii, 528 pages 21 cm "General literature" at beginning of each part; "Literature" at end of each chapter CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- Definition and Method: Ethical and moral, specific problem -- Importance of genetic study -- The moral as a growth -- Divisions of the treatment -- PART I THE BEGINNINGS AND GROWTH OF M0RALITY -- CHAPTER II. EARLY GROUP LIFE -- Typical facts of group life -- Primitive unity and solidarity -- Kinship and household groups -- The kinship group -- The family or household group -- Kinship and family groups as economic and industrial units -- The land and the group -- Movable goods -- Kinship and family groups as political bodies -- Their control over the individual -- Rights and responsibility -- The kinship or household as a religious unit -- Totem groups -- Ancestral religion -- Age and sex groups -- Moral significance of the group -- CHAPTER III. BASIC ACTIVITIES AND AGENCIES -- Biological factors -- Rationalizing agencies -- work -- Arts and crafts -- Exploring and thinking -- Socializing agencies -- Language -- Cooperation -- Art -- Moral interpretation of this first level CHAPTER IV. GROUP MORALITY -- CUSTOMS AND MORES -- Me

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Author
Dewey, John, 1859-1952; Tufts, James Hayden, 1862-1942, author
Publisher
New York, H. Holt and Company
Published
1932
Language
EN
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, Humanities
Rating
4.01 / 5 (9,491 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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