With an emphasis on character traits such as honesty, gratitude, and responsibility, Ethics: An Early American Handbook calls attention to the critical importance of character development and the role of well-formed conscience in making morally sound decisions.
This book will hopefully inspire citizens of all ages to improve their own character, which will ultimately improve the character of our whole nation.. (Duty to God, duties to parents, duties at school, duties to playmates, and even duties to animals!) Parents should read this classic aloud to their children and discuss it with them.
Additional chapters in Ethics: An Early American Handbook focus on the topics of industry, honesty, fidelity, justice, politeness, gratitude, benevolence, purity, repentance, treatment of enemies, and duty.
Forgiveness - the three reactions you can have to being wronged, and why it\'s so important to forgive.
Conscientiousness - why it\'s vital to do the best job you possibly can.
Conscience - why you will never be happy if you have a troubled conscience.
Obedience - why this unpopular virtue is so necessary.
Profanity - why it is not only offensive, but dangerous.
Chapter titles include: Truth - in which you will find out five ways people lie, and why each should be avoided.
Written by Jacob Abbott, Ethics: An Early American Handbook contains the lessons that parents once used to instill moral principles in the hearts and minds of their children - in the days when Americans were renowned worldwide for their honesty and trustworthiness.
Children and adults alike will benefit from this reprint of an 1890 textbook on ethics.
An understanding of the principles of ethics was never more needful than it is today.
With an emphasis on character traits such as honesty, gratitude, and responsibility, Ethics: An Early American Handbook calls attention to the critical importance of character development and the role of well-formed conscience in making morally sound decisions
