The Moral Economy

The preliminary sketch of a system of ethics with themes including: moral justification for religion; moral criticism of fine art; and the organization of life.At the time of original publication in 1909, Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957) was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He graduated from Princeton (B.A.) in 1896, and Harvard (Ph.D.) in 1899. He taught at Harvard from 1902, becoming professor of philosophy in 1913 and professor emeritus in 1946. He won the 1936 Pulitzer Prize in biography for The Thought and Character of William James.