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Henry Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics and Its Philosophical Legacy (1874–1900)

Henry Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics and Its Philosophical Legacy (1874–1900)

  1. Sidgwick publishes first edition of Methods

    Labels: Henry Sidgwick, The Methods
  2. Second edition revises arguments and terminology

    Labels: Henry Sidgwick, The Methods
  3. Methods frames a professional model for ethics

    Labels: The Methods, Analytic ethics
  4. Sidgwick helps found Society for Psychical Research

    Labels: Society for, Henry Sidgwick
  5. Sidgwick takes Knightbridge Professorship at Cambridge

    Labels: Knightbridge Professorship, University of
  6. Sidgwick publishes third edition of Methods

    Labels: The Methods, Henry Sidgwick
  7. Methods influences late-19th-century utilitarian debates

    Labels: Utilitarianism, Consequentialism
  8. Fourth edition continues long-term refinement

    Labels: The Methods, Henry Sidgwick
  9. Sidgwick’s ‘dualism’ becomes a focal problem

    Labels: Dualism of, Henry Sidgwick
  10. Fifth edition consolidates Methods for new readers

    Labels: The Methods, Henry Sidgwick
  11. Sidgwick dies, leaving Methods as a landmark

    Labels: Henry Sidgwick, The Methods
  12. Sixth edition appears, keeping the project active

    Labels: The Methods, Posthumous edition