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To be sure, certain eminent moralists have inclined to maintain that men are in substantial agreement in regard to their moral judgments. Joseph Butler, writing in the first half of the eighteenth century, came to the conclusion that, however men may dispute about particulars, there is an universally acknowledged standard of virtue, professed in public in all ages and all countries, made a show of by all men, enforced by the primary and fundamental laws of all civil constitutions: namely, justice, veracity, and regard to common good. [Footnote: _Dissertation on the Nature of ] Sir Leslie Stephen, writing in the latter half of the nineteenth, tells. | Handbook of Ethical Theory 1 Handbook of Ethical Theory Project Gutenberg s A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title A Handbook of Ethical Theory Author George Stuart Fullerton Release Date September 2004 EBook 6463 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on December 17 2002 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HANDBOOK OF ETHICAL THEORY Produced by Scott Pfenninger Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A HANDBOOK OF ETHICAL THEORY BY GEORGE STUART FULLERTON To MY WIFE PREFACE We are all amply provided with moral maxims which we hold with more or less confidence but an insight into their significance is not attained without reflection and some serious effort. Yet surely in a field in which there are so many differences of opinion clearness of insight and breadth of view are eminently desirable. PART I 2 It is with a view to helping students of ethics in our universities and outside of them to a clearer comprehension of the significance of morals and the end of ethical endeavor that this book has