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Darwinism and Ethics.

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WE will consider these two little books together, as in some measure the latter, although earlier in publication, answers the former.

The Ethical Import of Darwinism.

By Jacob Gould Schurman, M.A., D.Sc., Sage Professor of Philosophy in Cornell University. (London: Williams and Norgate, 1888.)

Morality and Utility.

By George Payne Best (London: Trübner and Co., 1887.)

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ROMANES, G. Darwinism and Ethics.. Nature 37, 290–292 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037290a0

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