Distinguish between Moral Instincts and Moral Intuitions; and consider what evidence there is for the existence of either. (1887.)

15. Are the Motive and the Intention of an act the same or different?

How far is an Intuitionist bound to regard,

and a Utilitarian bound not to regard, the consequences of his action? (1887.)

16. Discuss the grounds on which it has been held that primitive impulses, whether Appetites, or Desires, or Affections, are disinterested in character. What significance has the decision of this question been held to possess for ethical theory? (1888.)

17. Examine the grounds advanced by Utilitarianism for the obligation on the individual agent to promote the general welfare. (1888.)

18. In what way do you consider the authority of the moral judgments assigned to Conscience would be affected if it could be shown that Conscience is a complex and developed fact of mind? (1888.)

19. Is it possible for the individual to do more than his duty? (1888.)

20. "The moral end is self-realization."

consists in altruism."

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Compare these ideas.

Is it possible to reconcile them? (1889.)

21. How far do duties arise out of social relationships? and how far are they purely individual? (1889.) 22. Virtue has been defined as the habit of choosing

the mean between extremes. Critically examine this definition. (1889.)

23. How far have ethical theories been affected by psychological doctrine? And how far has

jurisprudence been affected by ethical theory? (1889.)

24. Indicate the points in the psychological analysis of Emotion and Action that seem of most significance for ethical theory. (1890.)

25. Comment on the distinctions that have been drawn between what is absolutely and what is relatively good, and (b) between natural good and moral good. In the course of your answer consider the doctrine that pleasure and good are identical. (1890.)

26. In what relation does Utilitarianism place virtue to happiness? (1890.)

27. "The contrast between the morality which appeals to an external standard, and that which grounds itself on internal conviction, is the contrast of progressive morality against stationary, of reason and argument against the deification of mere opinion and habit." Consider this passage. (1890.)

28. On what grounds does Utilitarianism teach that the individual is bound to promote the general welfare? (1891.)

29. Are the Good and the Right identical? If not, what place do you assign to them respectively in a system of Ethics? (1891.)

30. Critically examine the statement, "All morality is social." (1891.)

31. Suppose it proved that the conscience has been evolved out of elements wholly unlike itself; would that discovery affect in any way its mature deliverances? (1891.)

32. Is desire always directed to the attainment of pleasure? Point out the ethical bearing of the question. (1892.)

33. By what method can we best determine the standard of right and wrong? Is it correctly described as induction from facts? (1892.) 34. How would you estimate the degree of moral goodness or virtue manifested in an action?

(1892.)

35. Is all virtue reducible to regard for others?

(1892.)

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