Excerpt from The Ethics of Hercules: A Study of Man's Body as the Sole Determinant of Ethical ValuesThere are, for example, those who consider ethics as the humble handmaid Of what is curiously termed revealed religion, and who consequently hold that all the knowledge necessary for the conduct of life has long ago been vouchsafed us by Infallible Wisdom. TO such persons it is of no importance that human nature has actually altered to such an extent as to make it necessary to find new solutions even for ancient problems; nor does it seem to oc cur to them that the homage devoted to the past, may often be simply a pleasant way of escape from the intellectual responsibilities Of the present. A mechanistic ethics plans to undermine the notion that the ethical truth Of one generation is neces sarily sufficient for the problems of the generation that succeeds it, and aims to supersede it with the view that man's progress is dependent, not upon his ability to escape from his problems, but rather upon his ability to analyse and solve them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.