The Ethics of Hercules

About this eBook

Author

Givler, Robert Chenault, 1884-1975

Title

The ethics of Hercules : A study of man's body as the sole determinant of ethical values

Original Publication

United States: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924.

Credits

Bob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion

Subject

Psychophysiology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70666

Release Date

April 29, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ETHICS OF HERCULES
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PREFACE
8. 8.CONTENTS
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER II — The Rise of Mechanistic Psychology — A Mechanistic Interpretation of the Meaning of Words — How the “All-or-none” Principle Helps to Disclose an Amazing Secret — The Physiological Explanation of the Opposition of Antonyms — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER III THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICATION OF THE WORD “GOOD” — The Results of an Experiment to Determine Which of These Five Classes Are Implied by the Seventy-Nine Significations of the Word “Good” — The Action-Patterns Implied by the Use of the Word “Good” — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IV THE ACTION-PATTERNS IMPLIED BY THE WORD “BAD,” WITH A NOTE ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF “EVIL” — The Physiology of “Evil” — A Further Remark on the Opposites of “Good”
14. 14.CHAPTER V “RIGHT” AS A GESTURAL SIGN — Class A — Class B — Class C — Class D — Class E — Class F — Class G — Class H — Class I — The Meaning of the Word “Right” — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VI THE MEANING OF THE WORD “WRONG” — A Physiological Warrant for Ethical Optimism — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER VII “VIRTUE” AND “VICE” AS FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANISM — Is Vice the Opposite of Virtue? — Is Virtue Its Own Reward? — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII IS CONSCIENCE ALWAYS A PATHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON?
18. 18.CHAPTER IX THE MITIGATION OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FREEDOM AND OBLIGATION — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER X THE ACQUISITION OF AN ETHICAL TECHNIQUE
20. 20.INDEX
21. 21.Transcriber’s Notes

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