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Outlines of a Critical Theory of Ethics

by John Dewey (1859–1952)

71 chapters, about 57,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE. 500 words
2. I. 300 words
3. II. 200 words
4. III. 200 words
5. IV. 300 words
6. V. 400 words
7. VI. 200 words
8. VII. 500 words
9. VIII. 400 words
10. IX. 200 words
11. X. 300 words
12. XI. 3,700 words
13. XV. 300 words
14. XVI. 300 words
15. XVII. 900 words
16. XVIII. 1,800 words
17. XIX. 2,400 words
18. XX. 600 words
19. XXI. 800 words
20. XXII. 800 words
21. XXIII. 1,800 words
22. XXIV. 1,000 words
23. XXV. 300 words
24. XXVI. 1,300 words
25. XXVII. 400 words
26. XXVIII. 500 words
27. XXIX. 1,800 words
28. XXX. 700 words
29. XXXI. 400 words
30. XXXIII. 1,100 words
31. XXXIV. 600 words
32. XXXV. 2,300 words
33. XXXVI. 500 words
34. XXXVII. 500 words
35. XXXVIII. 1,300 words
36. XXXIX. 900 words
37. XL. 1,200 words
38. XLI. 1,600 words
39. XLII. 200 words
40. XLIII. 500 words
41. XLIV. 500 words
42. XLV. 600 words
43. XLVI. 300 words
44. XLVII. 900 words
45. XLVIII. 1,500 words
46. XLIX. 300 words
47. L. 700 words
48. LI. 300 words
49. LII. 400 words
50. LIII. 600 words
51. LIV. 400 words
52. LV. 700 words
53. LVI. 900 words
54. LVII. 200 words
55. LVIII. 200 words
56. LIX. 900 words
57. LX. 600 words
58. LXI. 1,000 words
59. LXII. 1,100 words
60. LXIII. 800 words
61. LXIV. 700 words
62. LXV. 1,300 words
63. LXVI. 700 words
64. LXVII. 1,700 words
65. LXVIII. 1,300 words
66. LXIX. 500 words
67. LXX. 300 words
68. LXXI. 600 words
69. LXXII. 600 words
70. LXXIII. 400 words
71. INDEX. 2,200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Conscience
• Disposition
• Duty
• Ethics
• Ethics (journal)
• Generosity
• Hedonism
• Institution
• Motive (law)
• Obligation
• Pleasure
• Practical reason
• Sovereignty
• Utilitarianism

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