"A man's power of increasing happiness depends both directly and indirectly on his fitness for the occupations of his life." The object of these papers is to show what sort of moral law is likely to arise, and what law appears to have arisen and to be in progress of formation, when the guide of conduct is the increase of happiness - individual happiness, and the happiness of those around us, with due regard to the proper apportionment of altruistic and egoistic happiness. I have not examined such questions as: What is happiness? What kind of happiness is worthiest? and so forth. I have taken,...