And be verifiably greater, beyond all comparison, than that of
all other prizes 44

Has such a prize any real existence? This is our question 44

It has never yet been answered properly 45

And though two sets of answers have been given it, neither of
them are satisfactory 45

I shall deal with these two questions in order 47


CHAPTER III.

SOCIOLOGY AS THE FOUNDATION OF MORALITY.


The positive theory is that the health of the social organism is
the real foundation of morals 49

But social health is nothing but the personal health of all the
members of the society 51

It is not happiness itself, but the negative conditions that make
happiness for all 51

Still less is social health any _high_ kind of happiness 54

It can only be maintained to be so, by supposing 55