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The Principles of Ethics, 2 Vols

Herbert Spencer

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Spencer provides us with an intellectual adventure rarely matched, especially in our own epoch.

—From the Introduction

Though almost forgotten today, Herbert Spencer ranks as one of the foremost individualist philosophers. His influence in the latter half of the nineteenth century was immense.

Spencer's name is usually linked with Darwin's, for it was he who penned the phrase, "survival of the fittest." Today in America he is most often admired for his trenchant essays in
The Man Versus the State.
But Spencer himself considered
The Principles of Ethics
to be his finest work. In the second volume, under "Justice," is his final statement on the role of the state. His formula for justice is summed up in these words: "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man."

Language: English

Pages: 1136

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.

Release: August 01, 1978

ISBN: 0913966339

ISBN 13: 9780913966334

The Principles of Ethics, 2 Vols

Herbert Spencer

4/5 ( ratings)

Spencer provides us with an intellectual adventure rarely matched, especially in our own epoch.

—From the Introduction

Though almost forgotten today, Herbert Spencer ranks as one of the foremost individualist philosophers. His influence in the latter half of the nineteenth century was immense.

Spencer's name is usually linked with Darwin's, for it was he who penned the phrase, "survival of the fittest." Today in America he is most often admired for his trenchant essays in
The Man Versus the State.
But Spencer himself considered
The Principles of Ethics
to be his finest work. In the second volume, under "Justice," is his final statement on the role of the state. His formula for justice is summed up in these words: "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man."

Language: English

Pages: 1136

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.

Release: August 01, 1978

ISBN: 0913966339

ISBN 13: 9780913966334

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