The Data of Ethics

accompanying achieved actions activities acts adapted adjustments admitted altruism amount arises becomes belief benefit body bring called carried caused changes claims co-operation complete conceived conception concerned conclusions conduct connections consciousness consequences considered constituted continue contrast course creatures definite depends desires direct duty effects efforts egoistic emotions entailed equal ethical evils evolution evolved existence experience fact feelings follows functions further give given gratification greater greatest happiness higher highest human ideal ideas immediate implied increase individual involved justice kind labor less living maintaining means moral motions movements nature needs object observe organism pains pass performed physical pleasures pleasures and pains possible present principle produce pursuit reached recognize regard relations relative remote requirements respect satisfactions sensations shown social society structures suffering Suppose theory things thought truth ultimate welfare wrong yield