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Der Unterschied in der Auffassung der Ethik bei Schiller und Kant (mit Quellenbelegen) (in German; New York et al: G.E. Stechert and Co., 1917), by Anton Hermann Appelmann (page images at HathiTrust)- The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas (second edition, 2 volumes), by Edward Westermarck
- Inconceivable Effects: Ethics through Twentieth-Century German Literature, Thought, and Film (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, c2013), by Martin Blumenthal-Barby (Epub and PDF with commentary at Cornell Open)
- Culture and Restraint (New York et al.: F. Revell Co., c1901), by Hugh Black (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Asceticism and Society in Crisis: John of Ephesus and The Lives of the Eastern Saints (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), by Susan Ashbrook Harvey (HTML at UC Press)
- On Contempt for the World, by Eucherius of Lyon, trans. by Henry Vaughan (multiple formats at CCEL)
- The Deficient Cause of Moral Evil According to Thomas Aquinas (1996), by Edward Cook (multiple formats at Google)
- On Civic Republicanism: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics (Toronto et al.: University of Toronto Press, c2016), ed. by Geoffrey C. Kellow and Neven Leddy
- The Sex Radicals: Free Love in High Victorian America (Lawrence, KS: The Regents Press of Kansas, c1977), by Hal D. Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
- Morality, Metaphysics, and Chinese Culture (Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1992), ed. by Shen Qingsong and Tran Van Doan (multiple formats at Google)
- Chinese Foundations for Moral Education and Character Development (Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1991), ed. by Tran Van Doan, Shen Qingsong, and George Mclean (multiple formats at Google)
- Nature and Culture: Ethical Thought in the French Enlightenment (originally published 1963; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Lester G. Crocker (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- An Age of Crisis: Man and World in Eighteenth Century French Thought (originally published 1959; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Lester G. Crocker (PDF files at Project MUSE)
- The English Utilitarians, by Leslie Stephen
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Filed under: Ethics- Public Policy: Why Ethics Matters (2010), ed. by Jonathan Boston, Andrew Bradstock, and David L. Eng
- Agent-Centered Morality: An Aristotelian Alternative to Kantian Internalism (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1999), by George W. Harris (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at UC Press)
- Ethics at the Crossroads (2 volumes; Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1996), ed. by George F. McLean
- The Foundations of Morality (centennial edition; Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Foundation for Economic Education, c1994), by Henry Hazlitt (PDF and Epub with commentary at mises.org)
- Creative Transformation: A Practical Guide for Maximizing Creativity (c1991), by John David Garcia (HTML at see.org)
- Morality and Utility (originally published 1967; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Jan Narveson (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Metaethics From a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2016), by Catherine Wilson (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Will as Commitment and Resolve: An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007), by John J. Davenport (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- For an Ontology of Morals: A Critique of Contemporary Ethical Theory (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, c1971), by Henry Babcock Veatch (PDF with commentary at Northwestern)
- Ethical Theory: The Problems of Normative and Critical Ethics (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1959), by Richard B. Brandt (page images at HathiTrust)
- Toward an Ethics and Etiquette for Electronic Mail (1985), by Norman Z. Shapiro and Robert H. Anderson (HTML and PDF with commentary at rand.org)
- Moral Values: A Study of the Principles of Conduct (New York, H. Holt and company, 1925), by Walter Goodnow Everett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Emotional Trials: The Moral Dilemmas of Women Criminal Defense Attorneys (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004), by Cynthia Siemsen (multiple formats at Northeastern and archive.org)
- Beyond Good and Evil (based on version published in Complete Works edition of 1909-1913), by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, trans. by Helen Zimmern (Gutenberg text and audio)
- Beyond Good and Evil, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, trans. by Ian Johnston
- The Buried Temple (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1920), by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Alfred Sutro (page images at HathiTrust)
- Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, Delivered at the Royal Institution, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 (New York: Harper and Bros., 1856), by Sydney Smith
- Elements of Moral Philosophy: Analytical, Synthetical, and Practical, by Hubbard Winslow (page images at MOA)
- The Elements of Moral Science (fortieth thousand; Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1850), by Francis Wayland
- The Elements of Morality, Including Polity, by William Whewell (page images at MOA)
- An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (based on the 1777 edition), by David Hume (Gutenberg text)
- Essays on the Principles of Morality, and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind (fourth edition; London: C. Gilpin; Edinburgh: Scott and Benson, 1842), by Jonathan Dymond (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ethica: In Meetkundigen Trant Uiteengezet, Vertaald, Ingeleid en Toegelicht (in Dutch), by Benedictus de Spinoza, ed. by Nico van Suchtelen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Ethics (New York: H. Holt and Co.; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1909), by John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts (Gutenberg text)
- Ethics (originally published 1912), by G. E. Moore (HTML at fair-use.org)
- The Ethics, by Benedictus de Spinoza, trans. by R. H. M. Elwes (Gutenberg text)
- Ethics and Modern Thought: A Theory of Their Relations (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913), by Rudolf Eucken, trans. by Margaret von Seydewitz (Gutenberg text)
- The Ethics of Aristotle, by Aristotle, ed. by J. A. Smith (Gutenberg text)
- The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits; With an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools (third edition, with added material; London: J. Tonson, 1724), by Bernard Mandeville (multiple formats at Google)
- First Principles of Ethics, by James Tift Champlin (page images at MOA)
- A Handbook of Ethical Theory, by George Stuart Fullerton (Gutenberg text)
- The Improvement of the Moral Qualities: An Ethical Treatise of the Eleventh Century, by Ibn Gabirol, trans. by Stephen S. Wise (PDF at seforimonline.org)
- An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, by Jeremy Bentham
- Lectures on Moral Science, by Mark Hopkins (page images at MOA)
- The Life of Pythagoras, with His Symbols and Golden Verses; Together With the Life of Hierocles, and His Commentaries Upon the Verses (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1707), ed. by André Dacier, trans. by Nicholas Rowe, contrib. by of Alexandria Hierocles
- Living Issues in Ethics, by Richard T. Nolan and Frank G. Kirkpatrick
- Logical Conditions of a Scientific Treatment of Morality, by John Dewey (HTML at Brock)
- Man's Moral Nature: An Essay, by Richard Maurice Bucke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Manual of Moral Philosophy, by Andrew P. Peabody (page images at MOA)
- The Methods of Ethics, by Henry Sidgwick (HTML at Texas)
- Moral Philosophy, by Jacques Maritain (HTML at Notre Dame)
- Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1918), by Joseph Rickaby (HTML at Notre Dame)
- Moral Philosophy: Including Theoretical and Practical Ethics, by Joseph Haven (page images at MOA)
- Moral Philosophy Through the Ages (prepublication version), by James Fieser (HTML at utm.edu)
- Moral Science: A Compendium of Ethics, by Alexander Bain (page images at MOA)
- Natural Law: An Essay in Ethics (London: Trübner and Co., 1877), by E. J. Simcox (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Natural Law: An Essay in Ethics (second edition; London: Trübner and Co., 1878), by E. J. Simcox (page images at HathiTrust)
- On Human Nature, by Arthur Schopenhauer, ed. by T. Bailey Saunders (Gutenberg text)
- On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemical Tract, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, trans. by Ian Johnston (HTML in Canada)
- The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas (second edition, 2 volumes), by Edward Westermarck
- Principia Ethica (originally published 1903), by G. E. Moore (HTML at fair-use.org)
- Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics (1914), by Durant Drake (Gutenberg text)
- Puritanism (Chicago, C. H. Kerr and Co., c1911), by Clarence Meily
- Social Rights and Duties: Addresses to Ethical Societies (2 volumes; London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co.; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896), by Leslie Stephen
- Studies New and Old of Ethical and Social Subjects (Boston: W. V. Spencer, 1866), by Frances Power Cobbe
- A System of Moral Science, by Laurens P. Hickok (page images at MOA)
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments, by Adam Smith (text files at McMaster)
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments (sixth edition; London: A. Millar, 1790), by Adam Smith, ed. by D. D. Raphael and A. L. Macfie (HTML at econlib.org)
- The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, by Marcus Aurelius, ed. by Edwin Ginn, trans. by George Long (Gutenberg text)
- The Ways of Life: A Study in Ethics (1920), by Stephen Ward (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Subject and Other Subjects: On Ethical, Aesthetic, and Political Identity (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1998), by Tobin Siebers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Dawn of Day (London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1924), by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, trans. by J. M. Kennedy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Dance of Life (1923), by Havelock Ellis (text at Gutenberg Australia)
- A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy (New York: Schwartz, Kirwin, and Fauss, c1895), by Charles Coppens (HTML at Notre Dame)
- A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories and Fancies, Original and Selected (second edition, corrected; London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855), by Mrs. Jameson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories and Fancies, Original and Selected : Part I, Ethics and Character, Part II, Literature and Art (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854), by Mrs. Jameson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Dawn of Day (New York: Macmillan, 1911), by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, trans. by J. M. Kennedy (Gutenberg multiple formats)
- Faith and Morals: I. Faith as Ritschl Defined It; II. The Moral Law as Understood in Romanism and Protestantism (London: Wiliams and Norgate; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), by Wilhelm Herrmann, trans. by Donald Matheson and Robert W. Stewart (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Father Payne (1915), by Arthur Christopher Benson (Gutenberg text)
- Lectures and Essays (third edition, two volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1901), by William Kingdon Clifford, ed. by Leslie Stephen and Frederick Pollock
- Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good (with an appendix on French art; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1854), by Victor Cousin, trans. by O. W. Wight
- Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good (with an appendix on French art; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1871), by Victor Cousin, trans. by O. W. Wight
- Outlines of Moral Science, by Archibald Alexander (page images at MOA)
- Philosophical Studies (London and New York: Macmillan, 1905), by David G. Ritchie, ed. by Robert Latta (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers of Man (revised, with omissions and additions, 7th edition; Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1859), by Dugald Stewart, ed. by James Walker
- Spinoza's Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, Translated and Edited, With an Introduction and Commentary and a Life of Spinoza (London: A. and C. Black, 1910), by Benedictus de Spinoza, ed. by A. Wolf (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Birth of Tragedy: or, Hellenism and Pessimism (from the Complete Works v1), by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, ed. by Oscar Levy, trans. by William A. Haussmann
- The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, trans. by Ian Johnston
- Das Verhältnis der Eudemischen zur Nikomachischen Ethik (dissertation in German; 1912), by Ernst Kapp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Enquirer (new edition; Edinburgh: J. Anderson, 1823), by William Godwin (page images at Google)
- The Ethics of Liberty (1998 edition), by Murray N. Rothbard, contrib. by Hans-Hermann Hoppe (PDF and partial HTML at mises.org)
- A Treatise of Human Nature, by David Hume
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford, UK: At the Clarendon Press, 1896), by David Hume, ed. by L. A. Selby-Bigge
- The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected Under the Superintendence of His Executor, John Bowring (11 volumes in 22; Edinburgh: W. Tait; et al., 1838-1843), by Jeremy Bentham, ed. by John Bowring (page images at HathiTrust)
- As Ruinas (in Portuguese; Lisbon: Typ. de D. Marques Leaõ, 1822), by C.-F. Volney, trans. by Pedro Cyriaco da Silva
- As Ruinas (in Portuguese; Lisbon: Nova Impressão Silviana, 1834), by C.-F. Volney, trans. by Pedro Cyriaco da Silva
- Philosophy of Right, by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, trans. by S. W. Dyde (PDF at McMaster)
- The Ruins: or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires (Albany: S. Shaw, 1822), by C.-F. Volney
- The Ruins: or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires; and The Law of Nature (New York: Twentieth Century Pub. Co., 1890), by C.-F. Volney, ed. by Peter Eckler, contrib. by Pierre-Antoine-Noël-Bruno Daru (Gutenberg text)
- Volney's Ruins: or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires (Boston: C. Gaylord, 1840), by C.-F. Volney, contrib. by Pierre-Antoine-Noël-Bruno Daru
- Volney's Ruins: or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires (Boston: J. P. Mendum, 1869), by C.-F. Volney, contrib. by Pierre-Antoine-Noël-Bruno Daru
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