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Morality in Evolution

The Moral Philosophy of Henri Bergson

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  • © 1970

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  1. Idella J. Gallagher

    1. University of Ottawa, Canada

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Introduction

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 11-15

  3. Scientific Knowledge and the Intuition of Duration

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 16-26

  4. The New Philosophy

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 27-38

  5. The Evolutionary Background of Morality

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 39-55

  6. The Biological Origin of Moral Obligation

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 56-67

  7. Static and Dynamic Morality

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 68-77

  8. The Rationality of Morality

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 78-87

  9. The Evolution of Morality

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 88-97

  10. Conclusion

    • Idella J. Gallagher
    Pages 98-102

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 103-112
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Les Deux Sources de la Morale et de la Religion is not a book to leave one indifferent. Those who are persuaded by its argument or inspired by its message are prone to manifest the same enthusiasm as Georges Cattaui who praised it as one of the greatest and wisest books conceived by philo­ sophers. Even those who take exception to the doctrine it expounds are impelled to acknowledge its significance. It was in his critique of Les Deux Sources that Jacques Maritain was moved to call the philosophy of Henri Bergson one of the most daring and profound of our time. When many years ago I opened Les Deux Sources for the first time, I turned out of curiosity to the last page and beheld these words, "l'univers ... est une machine it faire des dieux." Bergson was an evolutionist, but surely this was no ordinary evolutionist speaking, I thought. What must be the moral philosophy of a man who would write these words? When much later I undertook the present study, it was this same question which con­ cerned me.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Ottawa, Canada

    Idella J. Gallagher

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Morality in Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: The Moral Philosophy of Henri Bergson

  • Authors: Idella J. Gallagher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7573-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-0034-4Published: 01 January 1970

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7573-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 112

  • Topics: Ethics, Philosophy, general

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