The Origin And Development Of The Moral Ideas (Volume Ii)

A rigorous, humane excavation of how societies decide right and wrong. A landmark in moral thought. Edward Westermarck's The Origin And Development Of The Moral Ideas (Volume II) continues his sweeping comparative ethics study, tracing the evolution of moral ideas from customary practice to communal conscience. Drawing on the comparative evidence and ethnographic notices available to a late nineteenth-century thinker, Westermarck brings an anthropology of morals together with philosophical ...