The elements of moral philosophy

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ... means for the attainment of pleasure or perfection. Here, again, it may be said that there may be the consciousness of the Moral which, in its Law without any explicit theory of the Ideal; but, turn, mvo ves as before the present contention is that there can a theory of the r Ideal. be no explicit consciousness of the Law without an explicit theory of the Ideal. Regarded as a judgment, then, the consciousness of right and wrong involves the following problems:--(l) What is the object of moral judgment? (2) What is the mode of moral judgment? This question leads on to an inquiry into the nature of the Moral Faculty (Conscience), which passes moral judgments. (3) What is the nature of the Moral Law? Is it simply an indispensable means for the attain Calderwood, Handbook of Moral Philosophy, p. 39. THE ULTIMATE GOOD 115 ment of pleasure? Or is it an unconditional precept to be obeyed apart from all considerations of personal pleasure and pain? (4) What is the nature of the Moral Ideal, or the ultimate Good? (£) But the consciousness of right and wrong is (j,.) Moral not a purely intellectual act; it involves a well-feelmgs )"z. r 1 approbation denned element 01 feeling. We cannot be conscious an(j disapproof the right without approving it; nor conscious of bation--the wrong without disapproving it. There are no which always moral judgments apart from the moral feelings of accompany 1 » 7 A 1 r moral judg approbation and disapprobation. As the presence of ment a belief in the mind is an indication that a judgment has been formed, so the presence of the one or the other of these feelings is an indication that a moral judgment has been passed. It is to be noted, how-These feelever, that the existence of the moral feelings is no in?s are n 0 criter...