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are the evils in undue self-repression?
CHAPTER XI.
THE SOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS... Why should we be
altruistic? What is the exact meaning of selfishness and unselfishness?
Are altruistic impulses always right? What mental and moral obstacles
hinder altruistic action? How can we reconcile egoism and altruism?
CHAPTER XII.
OBJECTIONS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS... Do men always act
for pleasure or to avoid pain? Are pleasures and pains
incommensurable? Are some pleasures worthier than others? Is
morality merely subjective and relative?
CHAPTER XIII.
ALTEBNATIVE THEORIES... Is morality "categorical," beyond need
of justification? Should we live "according to nature," and adjust
ourselves to the evolutionary process? Is self-development, or
self-realization, the ultimate end? Is the source of duty the will of God?
CHAPTER XIV.
THE WORTH OF MORALITY... Morality as the organization of
human interests. Do moral acts always bring happiness somewhere? Is
there anything better than morality?

PART III. PERSONAL MORALITY

CHAPTER XV.

HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY... What is the moral importance of
health? Can we attain to greater health and efficiency? Is continued
idleness ever justifiable? Are competitive athletics desirable? Is it
wrong to smoke?
CHAPTER XVI.
THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM... What are the causes of the use of
alcoholic drinks? What are the evils that result from alcoholic liquors?
What should be the attitude of the individual toward alcoholic liquors?
What should be our attitude toward the use of alcoholic liquors by
others?
CHAPTER XVII.
CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE... What are the reasons for chastity
before and fidelity after marriage? What safeguards against unchastity
are necessary? What are the factors in an ideal marriage? 1Is divorce
morally justifiable?
CHAPTER XVIII.
FELLOWSHIP, LOYALTY, AND LUXURY... what social
relationships impose claims upon us? What general duties do we owe
our fellows? Are the rich justified in living in luxury? Is it wrong to
gamble, bet, or speculate?
CHAPTER XIX.
TRUTHFULNESS AND ITS PROBLEMS... What are the reasons for
the obligation of truthfulness? What exceptions are allowable to the
duty of truthfulness? In what directions are our standards of
truthfulness low? The ethics of journalism.
CHAPTER XX.
CULTURE AND ART... What is the value of culture and art? What is

most important in cultural education? What dangers are there in culture
and art for life? Should art be censored in the interests of morality?
CHAPTER XXI.
THE MECHANISM OF SELF-CONTROL... What are our
potentialities of greater self-control? A practicable mechanism of
self-control. Various accessories and safeguards.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE ATTAINABILITY OF HAPPINESS... The threefold key to
happiness: I. Hearty allegiance to duty. II. Hearty acquiescence in our
lot. III. Hearty appreciation of the wonder and beauty in life. Can we
maintain a steady under glow of happiness?

PART IV. PUBLIC MORALITY

CHAPTER XXIII.
PATRIOTISM AND WORLD-PEACE... What is the meaning and
value of patriotism? How should patriotism be directed and qualified?
What have been the benefits of war? What are the evils of war? What
can we do to hasten world-peace?
CHAPTER XXIV.
POLITICAL PURITY AND EFFICIENCY... What are the forces
making for corruption in politics? What are the evil results of political
corruption? What is the political duty of the citizen? What legislative
checks to corruption are possible?
CHAPTER XXV.

SOCIAL ALLEVIATION... What is the duty of the State in regard to: I.
Sickness and preventable death? II. Poverty and inadequate living
conditions? III. Commercialized vice? IV. Crime?
CHAPTER XXVI.
INDUSTRIAL WRONGS... In our present organization of industry,
what are the duties of businessmen: I. To the public? II. To investors?
III. To competitors? IV. To employees? What general remedies for
industrial wrongs are feasible?
CHAPTER XXVII.
INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION... Ought the trusts to be broken
up, or regulated? What are the ethics of the following schemes: I.
Trade-unions and strikes? II. Profit-sharing, cooperation, consumers'
leagues? III. Government regulation of prices, profits, and wages? IV.
Socialism?
CHAPTER XXVIII.
LIBERTY AND LAW... What are the essential aspects of the ideal of
liberty? The ideal of individualism. The ideal of legal control. Should
existing laws always be obeyed?
CHAPTER XXIX.
EQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE... What flagrant forms of inequality
exist in our society? What methods of equalizing opportunity are
possible? What are the ethics of: I. The single tax? II. Free trade and
protection? III. The control of immigration? IV. The woman's
movement?
CHAPTER XXX.
THE FUTURE OF THE RACE... In what ways should the State seek to
better human environment? What should be done in the way of public

education? hat can be done by eugenics? What are the gravest moral
dangers of our times?

PROBLEMS OF CONDUCT
INTRODUCTORY
What is the field of ethics?
To know what exists, in its stark reality, is the concern of natural
science and natural philosophy; to know what matters, is the field of
moral philosophy, or ethics. The one group of studies deals with facts
simply as facts, the other