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Excerpt from Three Types of Practical Ethical Movements of the Past Half Century <p>Each of the three types of the practical ethical reform movements rests on a different basic principle from which it derives the greater part of its strength and no small share of its weakness. To set these forth by an analysis of the movements both in their historic developments and in their principles is the object of this work. Whatever positive contribution to practical ethics is to be found herein, has been set forth not as a separate and altogether new thesis - for in a treat ment of practical ethical reform movements, this would involve, nay necessitate, the formation of a differ ent and entirely new movement which is not at all necessary - but has been embodied in the negative criticisms of the Religious Ethical Movement in Chap ter I and of the Social Ethical Movement in Chapter II; but more directly in the positive and favorable criticism of the Pure Ethical Movement treated in Chapter III. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.