Wide distrust of ethics. Possible reasons.Necessity for an objective approach to moral theory--
Meaning of objective and subjective in ethics.Need for a compromise position.--
The traditional approach to objective. Suggested social interpretation of objective. Social used here in the sense of (a) the (quantitative) dominance of the group over the individual; and (b) the critical nature of ethical judgment--
The place of objective and subjective in value theory. A problem in both ethics and economics. Suggested fusion of objective and subjective--
Further examination of the logical meaning of objective. Importance of the experimental approach. The functional "interaction" of individual and group.--
An experimental ethics means an objective and social ethics.Philosophy not sufficiently sensitive to his point--
Direction of the attention of moral theory to social problems. This means a joining of ends and means. The traditional dualism which results from ignoring the social background of ethics--
Direction of the attention of social theory to moral problems. The converse proposition. Just as barren and dangerous a dualism can result from the ignoring of ethical orientation by economics and the other social sciences--
Although no specific proposal is to be raised here, a general requirement may be presented, i.e., the idea of balance and harmony. Analogy of "homeostasis." Reinterpreation of the concept of social justice. The democratic ideal--
Summary of criteria for an objective and "scientific" ethics: (1) the presence of operational meaning; (2) the possibility of control; (3) the opportunity for application. All these found in a social ethics.--