Moral sanitation / by Ernest R. Groves.

  • Groves, Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford), 1877-1946.
Date:
1916
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Credit: Moral sanitation / by Ernest R. Groves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    serves, because of its complexity, a term for itself. Morality is a social matter. It is colored by a concrete social life, although it may greatly transcend the realized life of the group. The essential fact in a group is the influence that one person has upon another, the response of one mind to an¬ other. The most important result of this relation is expressed in what we call moral¬ ity. 4. Morality in a World of Causes Freud in his psychology seeks to get at the causal facts of a mental condition for a most practical purpose—that of cure. In his effort he has found himself within the moral world. The mental condition, in part at least, has required moral ex¬ planation and treatment. His experience must be duplicated by any one who seeks to bring back to health a mind sick be¬ cause of inner struggle. The moralist must attempt also to explore his realm causally and to bring moral health into lives sick, but not hopelessly so. But his effort, as