In preparing this edition the translators consulted all of the books mentioned by Kropotkin they verified all his citations, and corrected a number of errors that crept into the Russian original owing to the absence of the author’s supervising care.
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These three chapters preserve the English and the turns of phrase of the magazine articles. They found, however, that the author had made very many changes in the first three chapters of his book - in substance, a reproduction of the magazine articles- and they thought it best to make the necessary alterations and additions called for by the Russian text. The present translators have availed themselves of Kropotkin’s two articles on Ethics contributed to the Nineteenth Century, 1905–06. Lebedev, whose Introduction is included in this volume. The circumstances leading to the conception and writing of this book are discussed by the Russian editor, N. Thus conceived, ethics becomes a subject of universal interest under the kindly eyes and able pen of the great Russian scholar, a subject of special and academic study becomes closely linked to whatever is significant in the life and thought of all men. The Russian writer removes ethics from the sphere of the speculative and metaphysical, and brings human conduct and ethical teaching back to its natural environment: the ethical practices of men in their everyday concerns - from the time of primitive societies to our modern highly organized States. Only, in the “Ethics” Kropotkin approaches his theme through a study of the ideology of these relations. Kropotkin’s “Ethics: Origin and Development,” is, in a sense, a continuation of his well-known work, “Mutual Aid as a Factor of Evolution.” The basic ideas of the two books are closely connected, almost inseparable, in fact: - the origin and progress of human relations in society. Chapter 1: The Present Need of Determining the Bases of MoralityĬhapter 2: The Gradually Evolving Bases of the New EthicsĬhapter 3: The Moral Principle in Nature (17 th and l8th Centuries) (continued)Ĭhapter 4: Moral Conceptions of Primitive PeoplesĬhapter 5: Development of Moral Teachings - Ancient GreeceĬhapter 6: Christianity - The Middle Ages - The RenaissanceĬhapter 7: Development of Moral Teachings in the Modern Era (17 th and 18 th Centuries)Ĭhapter 8: Development of Moral Teachings in the Modern Era (17 th and l8th Centuries) (continued)Ĭhapter 9: Development of Moral Teachings in the Modern Era (End of 18 th century and beginning of 19 th century)Ĭhapter 10: Development of Moral Teachings - XIX CenturyĬhapter 11: Development of Moral Teachings - XIX Century (continued)Ĭhapter 12: Development of Moral Teachings - XIX Century (continued)Ĭhapter 13: Development of Moral Teachings - XIX Century (concluded)