ethics

's aim is to render scientific the apparent cognitions that most men have of the rightness or reasonableness of conduct, whether the conduct be considered as right in itself, or as the means to some end conceived as ultimately reasonable.

The aim of ethics is to render scientific - i.e., true, and as far as possible systematic - the a_parent cognitions that most men have of the rightness or reasonableness of conduct, whether the conduct be considered as right in itself, or as the means to some end conceived as ultimately reasonable.

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Henry Sidgwick