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
95-97.--Explanation of this, p. 97 _sq._--Protests against the notion
of vicarious merit, p. 98 _sq._
{ix} CHAPTER IV
THE NATURE OF THE MORAL EMOTIONS (_concluded_)
Refutation of the opinion that moral emotions only arise in
consequence of moral judgments, p. 100 _sq._--However, moral
judgments, being definite expressions of moral emotions, help us to
discover the true nature of these emotions, p. 101.--Disinterestedness
and apparent impartiality characteristics by which moral indignation
and approval are distinguished from other, non-moral, kinds of
resentment or retributive kindly emotion, pp. 101-104.--Besides, a
moral emotion has a certain flavour of generality, p. 104 _sq._--The
analysis of the moral emotions which has been attempted in this and
the two preceding chapters holds true not only of such emotions as we
feel on account of the conduct of others, but of such emotions as we
feel on account of our own conduct as well, pp. 105-107.
CHAPTER V
THE ORIGIN OF THE MORAL EMOTIONS
We may feel disinterested resentment, or disinterested retributive
kindly emotion, on account of an injury inflicted, or a benefit
conferred, upon another person with whose pain, or pleasure, we
sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest,
p. 108.--Sympathetic feelings based on association, p. 109 _sq._--Only
when aided by the altruistic sentiment sympathy induces us to take a
kindly interest in the feelings of our neighbours, and tends to
produce disinterested retributive emotions, p. 110 _sq._--Sympathetic
resentment to be found in all animal species which possess altruistic
sentiments, p. 111 _sq._--Sympathetic resentment among savages, p. 113
_sq._--Sympathetic resentment may not only be a reaction against
sympathetic pain, but may be directly produced by the cognition of the
signs of anger (punishment, language, &c.), pp. 114-116.--Disinterested
antipathies, p. 116 _sq._--Sympathy springing from an altruistic
sentiment may also produce disinterested kindly emotion,
p. 117.--Disinterested likings, _ibid._--Why disinterestedness,
apparent impartiality, and the flavour of generality have become
characteristics by which so-called moral emotions are distinguished
from other retributive emotions, p. 117 _sq._--Custom not only a
public habit, but a rule of conduct, p. 118.--Custom conceived of as a
moral rule, p. 118 _sq._--In early society customs the only moral
rules ever thought of, p. 119.--The characteristics of moral
indignation to be sought for in its connection with custom, p.
120.--Custom characterised by generality, disinterestedness, and
apparent impartiality, p. 120 _sq._--Public indignation lies at the
bottom of custom as a moral rule, p. 121 _sq._--As public indignation
is the prototype of moral disapproval, so public approval is the
prototype of moral approval, p. 122.--Moral disapproval and approval
have not always remained inseparably connected with the feelings of
any special society, p.
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