Study of Ethics A Syllabus Author:John Dewey 1897. These pages were prepared primarily for the use and guidance of Dewey's own students. The demand for his edition of "Outlines of Ethics" seems to justify the belief that, amid the prevalence of pathological and moralistic ethics, there is room for a theory which conceives of conduct as the normal and free living of life as it is. This book... more » undertakes a thorough psychological examination of the process of active experience, and a derivation from this analysis of the chief ethical types and crises.« less