Natural Law
An Essay in Ethics

First published in 1877, this book analyses the laws that govern human relations with society and with the natural world.

Edith Jemima Simcox (Author)

9781108040822, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2011

376 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg

Edith Simcox (1844–1901) was a prominent British feminist, social critic and prolific writer. She published widely, advocating support for women's right to education, improved working conditions and suffrage. Her scholarly works in philosophy and economic history sought to demonstrate that contemporary capitalism was not the only route to a prosperous society. Her articles appeared in many periodicals and among her books are Episodes in the Lives of Men, Women, and Lovers (1882) and the two-volume Primitive Civilizations (1894), both also reissued in this series. First published in 1877, this book analyses the laws that govern human relations with society and with the natural world. Its chief concern is to establish whether human actions and feelings are subject to the same natural laws as inanimate objects, and whether such laws are 'of supernatural imposition'. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=simced

1. Natural law
2. Customary and positive law
3. Morality
4. Religion
5. The natural history of altruism
6. The natural sanctions of morality
7. Social and individual perfection
Conclusions.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]