Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Translators' Note
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Preliminary Matters
- Part II Psychology
- Part III Logic
- Part IV Ethics
- 55 Definition and Divisions of Ethics
- 56 On Moral Responsibility
- 57 On Moral Law. The History of Utilitarianism
- 58 Critique of Utilitarianism. The Morality of Sentiment
- 59 The Morality of Kant
- 60 The Moral Law
- 61 On Duty and the Good. On Virtue. Rights
- 62A Division of Practical Ethics
- 62B Individual Morality
- 63 Domestic Ethics
- 64 Civic Ethics
- 65 General Duties of Social Life
- 66 General Duties of Social Life. (1) The Duty of Justice
- 67 General Duties of Social Life. (2) Charity
- 68 Summary of Ethics
- Part V Metaphysics
- Appendix: Biographical Glossary
- Index
62A - Division of Practical Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Translators' Note
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Preliminary Matters
- Part II Psychology
- Part III Logic
- Part IV Ethics
- 55 Definition and Divisions of Ethics
- 56 On Moral Responsibility
- 57 On Moral Law. The History of Utilitarianism
- 58 Critique of Utilitarianism. The Morality of Sentiment
- 59 The Morality of Kant
- 60 The Moral Law
- 61 On Duty and the Good. On Virtue. Rights
- 62A Division of Practical Ethics
- 62B Individual Morality
- 63 Domestic Ethics
- 64 Civic Ethics
- 65 General Duties of Social Life
- 66 General Duties of Social Life. (1) The Duty of Justice
- 67 General Duties of Social Life. (2) Charity
- 68 Summary of Ethics
- Part V Metaphysics
- Appendix: Biographical Glossary
- Index
Summary
Practical ethics, which is concerned with what human beings should do in specific situations, has four branches:
Individual morality – at least in the abstract, we can imagine a man living alone, trying to figure out his duties.
Domestic morality – man's duties to his family.
Civic morality – man's duties to those who inhabit the same country and to those with whom he shares certain tastes and interests.
Social morality – again abstracting from the particular, the general duties man has to his fellow man.
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- Durkheim's Philosophy LecturesNotes from the Lycée de Sens Course, 1883–1884, pp. 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004