Ethics & the Conduct of Life

Smiles and Marden, Ruskin and Lubbock, Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees and Sidgwick’s Methods of Ethics — how to live, as moralists have argued it.

• The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette Florence Hartley
• Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden
• The Gentlemen’s Book of Etiquette Cecil B. Hartley
• The Fable of the Bees Bernard Mandeville
• The Methods of Ethics Henry Sidgwick
• Lectures on the True, the Beautiful and the Good Victor Cousin
• The Pleasures of Life John Lubbock
• Alcibiades I Plato
• Charmides Plato
• Character Samuel Smiles
• Religio Medici and Hydriotaphia Sir Thomas Browne
• Aids to Reflection Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Academic Questions, De Finibus and Tusculan Disputations Cicero
• How to Succeed Orison Swett Marden
• The Map of Life W. E. H. Lecky
• The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics Immanuel Kant
• The Complete Bachelor Walter Germain
• An Iron Will Orison Swett Marden
• Social Life Maud C. Cooke
• Our Deportment John H. Young
• Love, Life & Work Elbert Hubbard
• Self-Control, Its Kingship and Majesty William George Jordan
• Evolution and Ethics Thomas Henry Huxley
• The Majesty of Calmness William George Jordan
• Architects of Fate Orison Swett Marden
• The Victorious Attitude Orison Swett Marden
• The Young Man’s Guide William A. Alcott
• The Intellectual Life Philip Gilbert Hamerton
• The Life and Death of Mr. Badman John Bunyan
• History as Past Ethics Philip Van Ness Myers
• How to Behave Samuel R. Wells
• Manners and Rules of Good Society Anonymous
• Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg
• A Guide to Stoicism St. George Stock
• Civilization and Ethics Albert Schweitzer
• Routledge’s Manual of Etiquette George Routledge
• What All the World’s A-Seeking Ralph Waldo Trine
• George Washington’s Rules of Civility George Washington
• First and Last Things H. G. Wells
• The Five Great Philosophies of Life William De Witt Hyde
• Friendship Hugh Black
• The Book of Filial Duty Confucius
• Twentieth Century Culture and Deportment Maud C. Cooke
• On the Ethics of Naturalism W. R. Sorley
• Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette Arthur Martine
• Laugh and Live Douglas Fairbanks
• The Key to Success Russell H. Conwell
• Character and Conduct Constance M. Whishaw
• The Young Man and the World Albert J. Beveridge
• Christianity and Ethics Archibald B. D. Alexander
• How to Succeed Rosetta Dunigan
• Human Intercourse Philip Gilbert Hamerton
• Things to Be Remembered in Daily Life John Timbs
• Letters, Sentences and Maxims Lord Chesterfield
• A Woman of the World Ella Wheeler Wilcox
• Around the Tea-Table T. De Witt Talmage
• The Data of Ethics Herbert Spencer
• How to Get On in the World A. R. Calhoun
• Marion Harland’s Complete Etiquette Marion Harland
• Alcibiades II Plato
• The Pursuit of Happiness Daniel G. Brinton
• On Compromise John Morley
• Manners and Social Usages M. E. W. Sherwood
• Say Fellows Wade C. Smith
• A Way of Life William Osler
• The Gentleman and Lady’s Book of Politeness Élisabeth Celnart
• Theoretical Ethics Milton Valentine
• Manners for Men Mrs. Humphry
• The Golden Censer John McGovern
• The Art of Being Happy Joseph Droz
• Human Nature, and Other Sermons Joseph Butler
• On Being Human Woodrow Wilson
• Self and Self-Management Arnold Bennett
• When a Man Comes to Himself Woodrow Wilson
• The Etiquette of To-day Edith B. Ordway
• We Moderns Edwin Muir
• The Book of Good Manners Walter Cox Green
• Morals and the Evolution of Man Max Nordau
• Explanation of Catholic Morals John H. Stapleton
• Christie, the King’s Servant Mrs. O. F. Walton
• A Christmas Sermon Robert Louis Stevenson
• A Lie Never Justifiable H. Clay Trumbull
• Morality as a Religion W. R. Washington Sullivan
• Common Sense, How to Exercise It Yoritomo-Tashi
• Eryxias Plato
• Italian Courtesy-Books William Michael Rossetti
• A Fleece of Gold Charles Stewart Given
• How to Face Life Stephen S. Wise
• The Laws of Etiquette Anonymous
• Caxton’s Book of Curtesye Anonymous
• Of Vulgarity John Ruskin
• The Art of Love-Making Anonymous
• Think William Crosbie Hunter
• The Power of Truth William George Jordan
• A Vindication of Natural Diet Percy Bysshe Shelley
• The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage G. R. M. Devereux
• The Japanese Spirit Yoshisaburo Okakura
• Stepping Stones to Manhood William Peter Pearce
• Etiquette Agnes H. Morton
• Practical Ethics William De Witt Hyde
• Letters on the Improvement of the Mind Hester Chapone
• Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes J. M. Judy
• Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby
• The Book of Courage John T. Faris
• From the Heart of a Friend Amy Addingley
• Life’s Enthusiasms David Starr Jordan
• Friends in Council: First Series Arthur Helps
• Thrasymachus C. E. M. Joad
• How to Be a Man Harvey Newcomb
• Creed and Deed Felix Adler
• Living the Radiant Life George Wharton James
• Making Life Worth While Douglas Fairbanks
• Miss Leslie’s Behaviour Book Eliza Leslie
• The Steps of Life Carl Hilty
• Ambition and Success Orison Swett Marden
• Talkers John Bate
• True Politeness Anonymous
• The Behaviour Book Eliza Leslie
• The Moral Economy Ralph Barton Perry
• What You Can Do with Your Will Power Russell H. Conwell
• Eight Popular Lectures George W. Bain
• The Call of the Twentieth Century David Starr Jordan
• The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms John A. Cone
• Is Life Worth Living? W. H. Mallock
• Young Men and In Business William Guest
• The Nature of Goodness George Herbert Palmer
• The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler
• Father Payne A. C. Benson
• Anecdotes for Boys Harvey Newcomb
• Heart and Soul Victor Mapes
• The Jericho Road W. Bion Adkins
• The Scientific Basis of Morals W. K. Clifford
• The Making of a Man James W. Lee
• Practical Etiquette Cora C. Klein
• Galateo Giovanni della Casa
• The Logic of Vegetarianism Henry S. Salt