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Ethics: Origin and Development

Ethics: Origin and Development is a book by Peter Kropotkin, published posthumously in 1921. It continues the argument of Mutual Aid, that sociable morality is essential to human survival. It was translated into English by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff in 1924.

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Ethics: Origin and Development
1979 edition
AuthorPeter Kropotkin
SubjectMoral philosophy
PublisherDial Press (English translation)
Publication date1921
Published in English
1924
Pages349

Ethics: Origin and Development is a book by Peter Kropotkin, published posthumously in 1921. It continues the argument of Mutual Aid, that sociable morality is essential to human survival. It was translated into English by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff in 1924.

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