The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic’

Term: 
Ethics
Quote: 

Normative science has three widely separated divisions: i. Esthetics; ii. Ethics; iii. Logic.

… Ethics, or the science of right and wrong, must appeal to Esthetics for aid in determining the summum bonum. It is the theory of self-controlled, or deliberate, conduct.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic
Date: 
1903
References: 
CP 1.191
Citation: 
‘Ethics’ (pub. 18.04.13-14:35). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-syllabus-certain-topics-logic-7.
Posted: 
Apr 18, 2013, 14:35 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin