History as past ethics; an introduction to the history of morals
P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness) Myers
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1. HISTORY AS PAST ETHICS2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER II THE DAWN OF MORALITY: CONSCIENCE IN THE KINSHIP GROUP5. CHAPTER III THE MORAL LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT: AN IDEAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE6. CHAPTER IV THE BABYLONIAN-ASSYRIAN CONSCIENCE7. CHAPTER V CHINESE MORALS: AN IDEAL OF FILIAL PIETY8. CHAPTER VI JAPANESE MORALS: AN IDEAL OF LOYALTY9. PART I. THE ETHICS OF BRAHMANISM—A CLASS MORALITY10. PART II. THE ETHICS OF BUDDHISM; AN IDEAL OF SELF-CONQUEST AND UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE11. CHAPTER VIII THE ETHICS OF ZOROASTRIANISM: AN IDEAL OF COMBAT12. CHAPTER IX THE MORAL EVOLUTION IN ISRAEL: AN IDEAL OF OBEDIENCE TO A REVEALED LAW13. CHAPTER X THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF HELLAS: AN IDEAL OF SELF-REALIZATION14. CHAPTER XI ROMAN MORALS: AN IDEAL OF CIVIC DUTY15. CHAPTER XII THE ETHICS OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY: AN IDEAL OF RIGHT BELIEF16. CHAPTER XIII MORAL HISTORY OF THE AGE OF CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM17. CHAPTER XIV THE ETHICS OF ISLAM: A MARTIAL IDEAL18. CHAPTER XV THE MORAL LIFE OF EUROPE DURING THE AGE OF CHIVALRY19. CHAPTER XVI RENAISSANCE ETHICS: REVIVAL OF NATURALISM IN MORALS20. CHAPTER XVII ETHICS OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION21. CHAPTER XVIII THE MORAL EVOLUTION SINCE THE INCOMING OF DEMOCRACY: THE NEW SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENCE22. INDEX