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1 online resource (144 pages) |
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Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin. no. 236 |
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Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin ; no. 236.
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"The study which follows is an examination of the moral consciousness of a small group of young men and young women connected with the University of Wisconsin. Reasons are offered, however, for believing that the results obtained hold for a large section of the American and presumably, therefore, of European society. But no conclusions are drawn from our data as to the relation of custom and the moral code among semi-civilized or still more primitive peoples. I trust my readers will exhibit a similar conservatism with regard to inferences in the reverse direction. Some of them will doubtless approach this study with very definite views of the place of custom in primitive morality. I hope they will not allow such views to prevent them from making an impartial examination of the material here presented. Let it be assumed for the sake of argument that moral judgments are entirely unreasoned at the lower end of the scale of human existence. It will be admitted by everybody, I suppose, that they are largely, if not entirely, reasoned among the most intelligent and thoughtful members of the most highly civilized communities, laymen as well as philosophers. This being granted, nothing but actual investigation can determine how far down the scale this insight extends. The evidence adduced concerning any particular social group must therefore be allowed to stand or fall on its own merits"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Manners and customs.
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Ethics.
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Ethics
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Cultural Characteristics
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ethics (philosophy)
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Ethics.
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Manners and customs.
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Sittliches Verhalten
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Situationsethik
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Soziale Norm
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Umfrage.
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Electronic book
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