TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Italics have been transcribed using _underscores_ and small capitals as ALL CAPITALS. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and punctuation have not been corrected. A list of other corrections can be found at the end of the document. The Table of Contents is left as in the original and does not list all of the subsections. _For we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free._ _E pur se muove._ OUTLINES OF A CRITICAL THEORY OF ETHICS BY JOHN DEWEY Professor of Philosophy in the University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN REGISTER PUBLISHING COMPANY The Inland Press 1891. Copyright, 1891. REGISTER PUBLISHING CO., Ann Arbor, Mich. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION 1-12 PART I.--FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL NOTIONS. CHAPTER I.--_The Good_ 13-138 Hedonism 14 Utilitarianism 52 Evolutionary Utilitarianism 67 Kantianism 78 Problem and Solution 95 Realization of Individuality 97 Ethical Postulate 127 CHAPTER II.--_The Idea of Obligation_ 139-158 Bain's Theory 140 Spencer's Theory 142 Kant's Theory 147 Its Real Nature 152 CHAPTER III.--_The Idea of Freedom_ 158-166 Negative Freedom 158 Potential Freedom 159 Positive Freedom 164 PART II.--THE ETHICAL WORLD. Social Relations 167 Moral Institutions 169 PART III.--THE MORAL LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL. Division of Subject 181 CHAPTER I.--_The Formation and Growth of Ideals_ 182-211 Conscience 182 Conscientiousness 199 Development of Ideals 206 CHAPTER II.--_The Moral Struggle or the Realizing of Ideals_ 211-227 Goodness as Struggle 211 Badness 214 Goodness and Badness 221 CHAPTER III.--_Realized Morality or the Virtues_ 227-233 Cardinal Virtues 231 CONCLUSION 233-238 PREFACE.