The origin and development of the moral ideasWestermarck, Edward
Philosophy
The origin and development of the moral ideas
Westermarck, Edward
Ethics; Ethics -- History; Prehistoric peoples
Explanation of the fact that moral judgments are passed on conduct and
character, p. 314.--The correctness of this explanation proved by the
circumstance that not only moral emotions, but non-moral retributive
emotions as well, are felt with reference to phenomena exactly similar
in nature to those on which moral judgments are passed,
pp. 314-319.--Whether moral or non-moral, a retributive emotion is
essentially directed towards a sensitive and volitional entity, or
self, conceived of as the cause of pleasure or the cause of pain,
p. 319.--The futility of other attempts to solve the problem, p. 319
_sq._--The nature of the moral emotions also gives us the key to the
problem of the co-existence of moral responsibility with the general
law of cause and effect, p. 320.--The theory according to which
responsibility, in the ordinary sense of the term, and moral judgments
generally, are inconsistent with the notion that the human will is
determined by causes, p. 320 _sq._--Yet, as a matter of fact, moral
indignation and moral approval are felt by determinists and
libertarians alike, p. 321 _sq._--Explanation of the fallacy which
lies at the bottom of the conception that moral valuation is
inconsistent with determinism, p. 322.--Causation confounded with
compulsion, pp. 322-324.--The difference between fatalism and
determinism, pp. 324-326.--The moral emotions not concerned with the
origin of the innate character, p. 326.
{xiv} CHAPTER XIV
PRELIMINARY REMARKS--HOMICIDE IN GENERAL
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