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Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
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5. The Ethical End, or Morality, _as it has been_, is founded partly
in Utility, and partly in Sentiment.

6. The Ethical End is limited, according to the view taken of Moral
Government, or Authority:--Distinction between Security and
Improvement.

7. Morality, in its essential parts, is 'Eternal and Immutable;' in
other parts, it varies with custom.

8. Enquiry as to the kind, of proof that an Ethical Standard is
susceptible of. The ultimate end of action must be referred to
individual judgment.

9. The judgment of Mankind is, with some qualifications, in favour of
Happiness as the supreme end of conduct.

10. The Ethical end that society is tending to, is Happiness, or
Utility.

11. Objections against Utility. I.--Happiness is not the sole aim of
human pursuit.

12. II.--The consequences of actions are beyond calculation.

13. III.--The principle of Utility contains no motives to seek the
happiness of others.


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