Social and Political Morality (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from Social and Political Morality Believing that the liberty, prosperity, and happiness of our country have their foundation in the morals of the people, I have been induced to set forth in the following pages What I conceive to be a summary of the most important of their social and political duties; my aim being to show my fellow countrymen in What way their conduct, social and political, influences their own well-being, as Well as that of their fellow citizens. I am aware that much has already been written on the subject of human duty 5 but as my views and opinions, on many points, may probably differ from many, and as truth on any subject is only arrived at by the conflict and com parison of opinions, I hope to serve that cause, at least, by their publication, however numerous may be my own errors. For many facts and opinions embodied in the work I have to acknowledge myself indebted to the writings of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, George Combe, T. Perronet Thompson as also to the admirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
