Written at the beginning of the twentieth-century—during the early years of formal sociology—this study from psychologist Mary Whiton Calkins empirically examines, “the dutiful, the good, the virtuous man and his object.” Calkins targets the serious general reader with “clear conception, accurate statement, and consistent terminology.” Calkins’ work is an engaging glimpse into early sociology and a thorough study of early twentieth-century ethics in the aftermath of the Great War.