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CHAPTER XI. Institutions Considered As Ethical Ideas 296-334

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INSTITUTIONS CONSIDERED AS ETHICAL IDEAS 296-334

1. The individual soul and the social mind 296

2. Institutions as common substance of minds 297

3. The Family and Property as elements of mind 299

4. The District or Neighbourhood as an element of mind 304

5. Class as an element of mind. “The Poor” as an ethical idea 310

6. The Nation-State as an element of mind 320

7. Morality of public and private action 322

8. Humanity as an element of mind 328 (a) Humanity not predicable of mankind as a whole 328 (b) Humanity does not = mankind as a true community 329 (c) Dichotomous expressions for humanity and mankind 330 (d) The self beyond any actual society; Art, Philosophy, Religion 332

INDEX 335

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