Russell on Ethics; selections from the writings of B. Russell. Ed. by Charles Pigden. London, Routledge, 1999. xiv, 257 p. *Paper ed. Contents: Preface and acknowledgements. Introduction. Pt 1: A moralist in the making: the pre-Principia writings. 1 Greek exercises 2 On the foundations of ethics 3 The relation of what ought to be to what is, has been or will be 4 The relation of rule and end 5 On the definition of virtue 6 The ethical bearings of phychology 7 Ethical axioms 8 Cleopatra or Maggie Tulliver? 9 Are all desires equally moral? 10 Is ethics a branch of empirical psychology 11 See Madam? Nay it is 12 Was the world good before the sixth day? Pt 2: Meta-ethics 13 The meaning of good 14 On scientific method in philosophy 15 War and non-resistence; a rejoinder to Professor Perry 16 Controversy with 'North Staffs' 17 Is there an absolute good? 18 What I believe 19 Science and ethics 20 Reply to criticisms 21 A compromise solution? 22 Last perplexities Pt 3: Reasons and passions 23 Reason: the slave of the passions Pt 4: The function of morality 24 The development of morals 25 What is morality? Interlude 1: a new morality versus no morality 26 A Russian communist philosopher 27 Power and moral codes Pt 5 Contemplation and the good life Interlude 2: Spinoza and the ethic of impersonal self-enlargement 28 The good of the intellect 29 On the ethical importance of scientific realism 30 The Spinozistic outlook Bibliography Index |
