Carlyle’s "Sartor Resartus" serializes moral self-cultureNov 1, 1833Labels: Thomas Carlyle, Sartor ResartusBritannicaWikipediaCOVE
Newman’s Tract 90 intensifies moral authority debatesJan 25, 1841Labels: John Henry, Tract 90WikipediaAnglicanHistoryOxfordAcademic
Smiles’s "Self-Help" links virtue to self-relianceJan 1, 1859Labels: Samuel Smiles, Self-HelpWikipediaEBSCO
Mill publishes "Utilitarianism" in Fraser’s MagazineOct 1, 1861Labels: John Stuart, UtilitarianismWikipediaLibertyFund
Arnold’s "Culture and Anarchy" reframes moral formationJan 1, 1869Labels: Matthew Arnold, Culture andWikipedia
Darwin’s "Descent of Man" spurs evolutionary ethicsFeb 24, 1871Labels: Charles Darwin, The DescentWikipediaDarwinProject
Sidgwick’s "Methods of Ethics" systematizes moral reasoningJan 1, 1874Labels: Henry Sidgwick, The MethodsBritannicaWikipediaPhilopedia
Spencer’s "Data of Ethics" advances evolutionary virtue languageJan 1, 1879Labels: Herbert Spencer, The DataCambridgeCore
Stephen’s "Science of Ethics" popularizes evolutionary moral theoryJan 1, 1882Labels: Leslie Stephen, The SciencePhilPapersWikipedia
Green’s "Prolegomena to Ethics" argues for moral self-realizationJan 1, 1883Labels: T H, Prolegomena toSEPCambridgeCore
Wilde’s "Dorian Gray" sparks public argument about characterJul 1, 1890Labels: Oscar Wilde, The PictureNYPLWikipedia
Nordau’s "Degeneration" frames "decadence" as moral pathologyJan 1, 1892Labels: Max Nordau, DegenerationWikipediaWellcome
Huxley’s "Evolution and Ethics" challenges moral "naturalization"May 18, 1893Labels: T H, Evolution andWikisourceClarkU
Victorian virtue debates feed into Moore’s break with moral naturalismOct 1, 1903Labels: G E, Principia EthicaBritannicaWikipediaRoutledgeREP