Russell on Ethics

Russell on Ethics presents a coherent and comprehensive collection of Russell's ethical writings, drawing on a wide range of his publications on ethical concerns, many of which have been difficult to access by students and general readers. Charles Pigden provides an accessible introduction to the papers, situating them within the field of ethics as a whole and detailed annotations on the papers themselves, analysing their arguments and exploring their relevance to current concerns. Russell on Ethics represents a valuable insight into Russell as an ethicist, which will be useful to both specialist and non-specialist alike.

Preface and acknowledgements

xi

Introduction

1

(24)

PART I A moralist in the making: the pre-Principia writings

25

(68)

1 Greek exercises

27

(4)

2 On the foundations of ethics

31

(6)

3 The relation of what ought to be to what is, has been or will be

37

(4)

4 The relation of rule and end

41

(3)

5 On the definition of virtue

44

(4)

6 The ethical bearings of psychogony

48

(5)

7 Ethical axioms

53

(4)

8 Cleopatra or Maggie Tulliver?

57

(11)

9 Are all desires equally moral?

68

(3)

10 Is ethics a branch of empirical psychology?

71

(8)

11 Seems Madam? Nay, it is

79

(8)

12 Was the world good before the sixth day?

87

(6)

PART II Meta-ethics

93

(74)

13 The meaning of good

95

(10)

14 On scientific method in philosophy

105

(6)

15 War and non-resistance: a rejoinder to Professor Perry

111

(3)

16 Controversy with `North Staffs'

114

(5)

17 Is there an absolute good?

119

(6)

18 What I believe

125

(6)

19 Science and ethics

131

(14)

20 Reply to criticisms

145

(6)

21 A compromise solution?

151

(13)

22 Last perplexities

164

(3)

PART III Reasons and the passions

167

(8)

23 Reason: the slave of the passions

169

(6)

PART IV The function of morality

175

(46)

24 The development of morals

177

(7)

25 What is morality?

184

(5)

Interlude 1: a new morality versus no morality

189

(5)

26 A Russian communist philosopher

194

(10)

27 Power and moral codes

204

(17)

PART V Contemplation and the good life

221

(15)

Interlude 2: Spinoza and the ethic of impersonal self-enlargement

223

(2)

28 The good of the intellect

225

(2)

29 On the ethical importance of scientific realism

227

(6)

30 The Spinozistic outlook

233

(3)

Bibliography

236

(8)

Index

244

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