INDEX
Publication Titles beginning with ‘A’ or ‘The’ will be filed under the first significant word. Page references to Endnotes will have the letter ‘n’ following the number
abuse of power 13–14
adultery 109, 110;
penalty for 111–12
adventure, mental 105–6
Africa 79, 149
aggression 8–9, 31, 56
Allen & Unwin xiv
alliances of nations 65
America:
B.R.’s reputation in xiv;
and England 26, 65;
as free State 26;
helplessness of citizens in 35;
money, respect for 59;
safety of 36;
War of Independence 147;
and worship of money 71, 73
anarchy 25, 26, 35, 132
anti-capitalist movements 34
Aquinas, Thomas 129
Army 25, 28n, 29, 63
art/artistic creation 6, 10, 21, 59, 138n, 150
artificial injustice, law 78
Athens 99
The Atlantic Monthly xiv
atomist philosophy xv, xvi
Aurelius, Marcus 157
Australia 34
Austria 29
authority:
in education 93;
function of 39;
and institutions 10, 13, 17;
in marriage 121;
and obedience 100;
and religion 14;
of State 37;
traditional bonds based on 122
aversion, common 18, 19
Balance of Power 61
beliefs 2–3, 98
Bentham, Jeremy ix
bias, of Governments 37–38
biological groups 18
birth-rate 114, 115n, 117;
selectiveness of 118, 120
blasphemy prosecutions 26
blind impulses 6, 7
Boer Republics 56
bondage 136
Burns, Delisle xv
Butler, Sir William 56
capital and labour, conflict between 17
capitalism 75, 86, 87
captains of industry 80–81
Carlyle, T. 18, 19, 21
Catholic religion 115, 117, 129, 133
Caxton Hall, London xi, xii
Century Company xiv
children:
expense of 73, 74, 83–84, 113, 119, 120, 125;
love for 144–45;
and marriage systems 109;
need for 125;
see also education
Christianity 13, 26, 33, 108, 132
Church:
dangers of 130–31;
and education 94;
and medieval society 13, 14;
power of 27;
and tribal feeling 30
Church of England 110, 111
City State 45
civilization/civilized life 31, 39, 117, 157, 158
clergymen/clerical profession 130
common purpose 14, 17–18, 30, 152;
and marriage 19–20
common sense 150
community 2–3, 31;
of nations 17
comparative wealth 49
compatriots, instinctive liking for 20, 32
Confédération Générale du Travail 31
conflict 17, 46, 57, 59, 66
conflict of interests 87–88, 114
conservatism 84, 128
constructiveness 10, 85
co-operation 17, 20, 23
co-operative movement xv, 88
corruption 137
cosmopolitanism 33
creativity:
impulse, creative 150–51, 153;
and science 138;
stifling 86, 87
creeds 30, 130–31
crime, fear of 31
Cromwell, Oliver 147
curiosity 5, 134
Dante 129, 130
death, and impulse 9, 10
death-rate, fall in 115n
democracy:
and Great War 8;
industrial 89;
and literacy 40–41;
and obedience 28;
and oppression, prevention of 64;
and reform 159;
and State power 35;
theory of 147
desires:
and happiness 47;
human nature 137;
and impulses 3–4, 6, 11, 152–53;
and needs 125;
of policy makers 53–54;
thwarting of 151;
for wealth 59;
of wives 122;
and worship of money 70
discipline 7, 99, 100, 101–2
distribution systems 77, 78, 81
divorce, expense of 109
eating 137
economic system, chief test of 85
education 91–107;
compulsory 40;
dangers of 95;
as a drill 99;
expense of 83–84;
ideals of (B.R.’s views) 99–100, 101;
and patriotism 32;
and politics 92, 95;
possessiveness of 154;
power of 92;
and reverance 93–94;
subjective reporting of facts 96;
theorists 91;
ultimate goal of 91
educational reformers 103
elementary education 97, 102
Elizabethan England, Elizabethan 85
employment see work endowments 130
England:
and America 26, 65;
Balance of Power doctrine 61;
Elizabethan 85;
as free State 26;
and Germany 49–51, 73;
inheritance rights 80;
Ireland, oppression of (B.R.’s views) 64;
marriage law 109, 111;
and nationalism 34;
Pax Britannica 60;
political liberty of 49;
population of 115;
Puritanism in 152;
and worship of money 71, 73
enjoyment 57, 70
envy 49–51
Epicureanism 157
eugenics 120
Europe 61, 149
“Eve’s Ransom” (Gissing) 69
examination system 104
families, limitation of:
economic considerations 73, 74, 113, 119, 120, 125;
among intelligent persons 116–17;
and late marriage 72
fear 31, 36–37, 106–7
federation of States 39
feudal period 78–79
force:
external 36;
and law 25–26;
law substituted for 38;
by police, versus war 47
foreigners 25, 27, 29, 32
foreign invasion, perennial risk of 31
Foreign Secretaries 37
foresight, and impulses 4–5
France:
as civilized nation 49;
democracy in 147;
French language 16;
French Revolution 31, 61, 147;
inheritance rights 72, 80;
population of 114–15;
and worship of money 72–73
freedom 14, 15;
of thought, suppressing 98–99
Free Trade policy 73
free will 103
Freudian theory, impulses xi
General Councils, fallibility of 14
George Allen & Unwin Limited xiv
Germany:
comparative wealth 48–49;
and England 49–51, 73;
envy of rulers 49–51;
impulse of resistance to 8;
militarism of 52;
nationalism/patriotism of 16, 48;
religion 73–74;
and science 58;
vital energy, misuse of 149;
“wickedness” of
Germans 2;
and worship of money 73
gipsies 41
Gissing, George R. 69
Godwin, William xvi
“good form” 97, 98
Gospels 132, 133
Governments:
ambitions of 2;
personal bias of 37–38
Great War (World War I):
and impulses 8;
inadequate views of, B.R. on 2;
losses in ix;
mood of parties participating in 50–52;
Somme offensive (1916) xii–xiii;
unifying nature of 14
group membership 30
growth, principles of xv, 17, 150;
tree comparison 11–12;
unimpeded growth 20–21, 85
Guild Socialism xv
happiness:
activity, dependent upon 57;
and desires 47;
group membership 30;
in marriage 126;
and money 70, 74, 82
Hart, Bernard xi
Haynes, E. S. P. 110–11
head masters, conferences of 37
hegemony 61, 62, 121
heretics 14
heroism 67
Hibbert Journal xv
Hicks, G. Dawes xv, xvi
higher education 102
history, teaching of 95
hope 107
hostility 2, 9–10, 101
House of Lords 112
human nature 2–3, 21, 22
humiliation 51
humility, of educator 94
husband, authority of 121–22
hypocrisy 73, 112
immorality 112
imperialism 8, 52
impulses x, xv, 2–12;
activities,
towards 4, 6, 46;
aggression and resistance to aggression 8–9;
creative 150–51, 153, 154;
and desires 3–4, 6, 11, 152–53;
lack of, as death 9;
modification of 7–8;
and punishment 22;
and religion 134;
restraint of 5;
sacrifice, towards 33;
strength of 5, 7, 22;
towards war 48, 56, 57, 159;
and will 155
independence 36;
of thought 105
India 60–61
individualism/individuality 25, 33, 123, 124
industrial action 37–38, 47
industrialism 7, 23, 73, 74, 90
industrial systems, judging 74–75
infectious diseases, prevention of 40
inheritance 80
initiative 35, 43, 87
injustice 10, 40, 41–42, 78
Innocent III 129
instinct, life of:
and animal nature 134;
harmony with mind and spirit 135–37;
importance of 138–39;
and love 143;
unrefined 140
instinctive cycles 137
instinctive liking see liking, instinctive
institutions 22–23;
and authority 10, 13, 17;
creativeness of 153;
as hindrance to growth 12, 17;
political 12, 19, 85;
and private property 24;
religious 13;
social 11;
and State 24;
war as permanent institution 46–68
integration 151–52
intelligence, and limitation of families 116–18
international affairs, regulation 47
The International Journal of Ethics xv
International Workers of the World 31
intrinsic wealth 48
James, William x–xi, 58
journalism 150
joy of life 10
Judaism 33
justice:
claims of 83;
and education 92;
and labour movement 82;
as object of civilization 39;
and remedying of injustice 41;
and socialism 81;
see also injustice
Kemp, Reginald 28n
King’s Proctor 109–10
knowledge 128, 134
labour disputes 37–38, 47
labour movement 82–83, 84
Lafayette 147
land, private ownership 41, 42;
lack of justification for 78, 79
law:
artificial injustice 78;
marriage 109, 111, 112, 120, 126–27;
and State 25–26, 38
Lawrence, D. H. xi–xii
Liberalism ix, x, 1
liberty 14, 36, 42, 43, 62;
and education 92, 93;
interference with 40, 61;
“liberties of Europe” 61;
and marriage 123, 127;
mutual 123;
political 49;
principle of 148
life:
and impulse 7, 9, 10;
philosophies of 159–60;
unity of 149–50, 156
liking, instinctive:
and common purpose 17–18;
for compatriots 20, 32;
and human nature 21;
and marriage 19
Liszt, F. 73
literacy 40–41
Liverpool 64
Llewelyn Smith, H. 77
Lloyd George, David 44
local government 43
London 77
love 10;
for children 144–45;
disappointment in 151;
man and woman 124, 142, 143, 154;
religious 139
luxuries 76
Macbeth 5
malevolence 21
Malthus, T. 118
Manchester Ship Canal 64
marriage 19–20, 108–27;
and law 109, 111, 112, 120, 126–27;
new form 123;
past ideal of 121–22;
as political institution 108–9;
possessiveness of 154;
postponement of 71, 72
Marriage and Morals xvi
The Masses (American socialist periodical) xv
material goods, religion of 70
maternal instincts, lack of 113, 114, 119
mediaeval period 13, 14
men and women, conflict between 17
Middle Ages 13, 31, 129
middle-classes, dwindling nature of 115
militarism 52, 53, 59, 87
military service, universal 26–27
Military Service Act 15n
Mill, John Stuart ix, 147
mind, life of 133, 140–41, 144;
harmony with instinct and spirit 135–37, 139;
and knowledge 134
minimum, universal, attainment of 40
misanthropy, of Carlyle 18, 19, 21
money, worship of 59, 69–74;
and education 94, 104
money lending 78
monogamy 126
monopolies 41
Montessori education system 91, 100n, 102
“The Moral Equivalent of War” (James) x, 58
morality 120, 126;
and religion 131
Morrell, Lady Ottoline xi
Muirhead, J. H. xvi
Napoleon 16
nationalism xiii, 68;
and creeds, disbelief in 30;
dangers of 15–17;
and socialism 34;
see also patriotism
national pride 33, 50–51
nations:
community of 17;
compatriots and foreigners 20;
and nationalism 15;
peace-loving 56;
and tribal feeling 30;
unity of 65–66
native disposition 21
Navy 25, 29, 63
needs 3, 12, 23, 70, 125
neutrality, mutual 27
neutrals, powers of 48
No-Conscription Fellowship
xiv
Nonconformism 111
Norway, separation from Sweden 36
obedience:
demanded by education 99, 100, 102;
demanded by State 27–28, 30
Ogden, C. K. xii, xiv
opponents of war 9
opportunity 85
oppression 13, 16, 64, 130
organization 7, 42
Oriental despots 13, 28
pacifism 2, 9, 56, 58, 60
pain, and restraint of impulses 5
Parliament 46, 112, 150
passions 3, 9, 30, 55, 146;
pride and fear 36–37
passive acceptance, in education 104–5, 107
patriotism:
and control 141–42;
defects, when merely instinctive 143;
and instinctive liking 20;
religious element in 32, 33;
and State 44;
see also nationalism
peace 52, 53, 56, 58
Pembroke Lodge x
Philip II 61
Plato 57
pleasure, pursuit of 139, 157
police 25, 47
political institutions 12, 19, 85
politics 131, 147
population question 114–21;
eugenics 120;
limitation of families, among intelligent 116–18;
social class distributions 115;
see also marriage
possession 76, 153
power:
abuse of 13–14;
of education 92;
of landowner 79;
of State see State power;
in war 36
pride 32, 36–37;
national 33, 50–51
priesthood 131
Prime Ministers 37
Principles of Social Reconstruction ix, x–xi, xvi
private judgement, right of 14
private ownership 41, 42
production 84, 86;
belief in importance of 75–77
professional classes 115
prohibitions, outward 151
property 69–90;
disbelief in 30;
fruits of own labour, right to 78;
legal rights to 77;
possessiveness of 153;
and religion 130;
and syndicalism 24
Protestantism 129
prudence 71
The Psychology of Insanity (Hart) xi
public opinion:
and adultery 111–12;
hostility of 9–10;
and industrial action 38;
and liberty 43;
State, manipulation by 28–29;
on wealth 59
public schools 72, 97
punishment 22, 27;
of conscientious objectors 26n
Puritanism 152
Radicalism x
railways 41
rationality/reason 3, 8, 55;
acting on reason 4–5
reconstruction xi, xiii, 23
reform 152, 158–59
Reformation 128, 129
religion 13, 14–15, 68, 128–45;
Catholic see Catholic religion;