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On the Ethics of Naturalism

Note 107 — Chapter V · THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORALITY.

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Without denying that it is possible to apply the theory of evolution to mind, Professor Bain holds that, as a fact, moral sentiment has not become organic and hereditary—"that there are no moral instincts properly so called."—The Emotions and the Will, 3d ed., p. 56.

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