Abstract

Four excellent essays which attempt, with admirable clarity and simplicity and in amazingly brief scope, to present the outline of an ethical viewpoint integrating a teleological naturalistic self-realizationism, intuitionistic ideal utilitarianism, and the ethical insights of Christianity. The semantic-epistemological issue between intuitionism and naturalism is neglected, but there are clear indications that if pressed, the nod would go to the latter. Self-realization is not taken as the end--in view of right choice; on the contrary, it is rejected as such in favor of ideal utilitarianism, though it remains basic as the "ground or reason" why conduct aiming at that end is right. Designed for and understandable by the intelligent layman, these essays should interest the professional student of ethics as well.--L. K. B.