Wilson & Fowler. The Principles of Morals

Wilson, John Matthias; Fowler, Thomas. The Principles of Morals (Introductory Chapters). Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1886. First Edition. [10226] Black cloth spine with plain gray paper boards (hardcover), original paper spine title label, backstrip has been sometime repasted to spine, 9 x 6 inches. 133 clean pp., 8 pp. publisher's catalogue. Text is unopened. Good. Hardcover. "The three following chapters are part of a work on 'The Principles of Morals' planned, many years ago, by the late Professor J. M. Wilson and myself..." The work was not finished due to the declining health and death of Professor Wilson. Chapter 1. - Definition and Divisions of Moral Philosophy. Relation of Morals to other Sciences, and to Religion. Utility of the Study. Chapter 2. - Review of the earlier English Moralists. Chapter 3. - On the Method of Morals.  John Matthias Wilson (1814-1881), long associated with Corpus Christi College, Oxford, servings as a Fellow, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy,