...preserved, is that among adults the individuals best adapted to the conditions of their existence shall prosper most, and that individuals least adapted to...persons, it does not concern us now to inquire. The qualifving effects of pity, mercy, and generosity, will be considered hereafter in the parts dealing...

...of his own nature and consequent conduct, — - neither being prevented from having whatever good Ms . . . The law thus originating, and thus ethically expressed, is obviously that which commends itself...

...uninterfered with, entails survival of the fittest, and spread of the most adapted varieties. . . . ethically considered, this law implies that each individual...other persons whatever ill is brought to him by his actions.135 Man exhibits more variety than any other animal, and he profits immensely from human association...

...'nature' or some other, similar, criterion. A typical formulation of this element is the following: . . . each individual ought to receive the benefits and...persons whatever ill is brought to him by his actions/ Spencer himself sees little difficulty in running together the two elements to form 'a true conception...

...and consequent conduct; neither being prevented from having whatever good his actions normally bring him, nor allowed to shoulder off on to other persons whatever ill is brought to him by his actions." This, too, has, so far as I am aware never been criticized or objected to as unsound, and, in fact,...

...14). In his third chapter, on Human Justice, he further develops his preceding assertions, saying : As before, so here, we see that, ethically considered,...Beneficence." Here we are concerned only with pure justice (p. 17). The chapter is filled with instances tending to show how human progress has been accompanied...