Democracy and Social Ethics - Large Print Edition

By: Addams, Jane

The test which they would apply to their conduct is a social test. They fail to be content with the fulfilment of their family and personal obligations, and find themselves striving to respond to a new demand involving a social obligation; they have become conscious of another requirement, and the contribution they would make is toward a code of social ethics. The conception of life which they hold has not yet expressed itself in social changes or legal enactment, but rather in a mental attitude of maladjustment, and in a sense of divergence between their consciences and their conduct. They desire both a clearer definition of the code of morality adapted to present day demands and a part in its fulfilment, both a creed and a practice of social morality. In the perplexity of this intricate situation at least one thing is becoming clear: if the latter day moral ideal is in reality that of a social morality, it is inevitable that those who desire it must be brought in contact with the moral experiences of the many in order to procure an adequate social motive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08P1KLML7
• ISBN13: 9798566919676
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.0"