Individual and the Community

This is Volume V of six in a collection on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Originally published in 1933, it presents a historical analysis of the motivating factors of social conduct. PREFACE, CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER II. COMMUNITY VERSUS INDIVIDUAL: FACTORS AND APOLOGISTS OF SOCIAL UNITY IN THE ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL WEST, CHAPTER III. INNER FREEDOM VERSUS OUTER AUTHORITY: EMPHASES BY PRE-KANTIANS AND KANT AS TO THE BASIS OF CONDUCT, CHAPTER IV. THOUGHT IN THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE: POST-KANTIAN APPROACHES TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE MOTIVATING FACTORS OF CONDUCT, CHAPTER V. INDIVIDUAL VERSUS COMMUNITY: MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL PROPOUNDED BY ANCIENT CHINESE THINKERS, CHAPTER VI. IDEAS VERSUS INSTITUTIONS: AGENCIES OF SOCIAL ORDER IN THE MEDIAEVAL EAST, CHAPTER VII. POINTS OF VIEW THROUGH FRAMES OF MIND: FACTORS OF CONDUCT ELABORATED BY MODERN CHINESE THINKERS, CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION, SELECTED BIOGRAPHY, INDEX OF NAMES