Why Men Fight

for compatriots 20, 32;

and human nature 21;

and marriage 19

Liszt, F. 73

literacy 40–41

Liverpool 64

Llewelyn Smith, H. 77

Lloyd George, David 44

local government 43

London 77

love 10;

for children 144–45;

disappointment in 151;

man and woman 124, 142, 143, 154;

religious 139

luxuries 76

Macbeth 5

malevolence 21

Malthus, T. 118

Manchester Ship Canal 64

marriage 19–20, 108–27;

and law 109, 111, 112, 120, 126–27;

new form 123;

past ideal of 121–22;

as political institution 108–9;

possessiveness of 154;

postponement of 71, 72

Marriage and Morals xvi

The Masses (American socialist periodical) xv

material goods, religion of 70

maternal instincts, lack of 113, 114, 119

mediaeval period 13, 14

men and women, conflict between 17

Middle Ages 13, 31, 129

middle-classes, dwindling nature of 115

militarism 52, 53, 59, 87

military service, universal 26–27

Military Service Act 15n

Mill, John Stuart ix, 147

mind, life of 133, 140–41, 144;

harmony with instinct and spirit 135–37, 139;

and knowledge 134

minimum, universal, attainment of 40

misanthropy, of Carlyle 18, 19, 21

money, worship of 59, 69–74;

and education 94, 104

money lending 78

monogamy 126

monopolies 41

Montessori education system 91, 100n, 102

“The Moral Equivalent of War” (James) x, 58

morality 120, 126;

and religion 131

Morrell, Lady Ottoline xi

Muirhead, J. H. xvi

Napoleon 16

nationalism xiii, 68;

and creeds, disbelief in 30;

dangers of 15–17;

and socialism 34;

see also patriotism

national pride 33, 50–51

nations:

community of 17;

compatriots and foreigners 20;

and nationalism 15;

peace-loving 56;

and tribal feeling 30;

unity of 65–66

native disposition 21

Navy 25, 29, 63

needs 3, 12, 23, 70, 125

neutrality, mutual 27

neutrals, powers of 48

No-Conscription Fellowship xiv

Nonconformism 111

Norway, separation from Sweden 36

obedience:

demanded by education 99, 100, 102;

demanded by State 27–28, 30

Ogden, C. K. xii, xiv

opponents of war 9

opportunity 85

oppression 13, 16, 64, 130

organization 7, 42

Oriental despots 13, 28

pacifism 2, 9, 56, 58, 60

pain, and restraint of impulses 5

Parliament 46, 112, 150

passions 3, 9, 30, 55, 146;

pride and fear 36–37

passive acceptance, in education 104–5, 107

patriotism:

and control 141–42;

defects, when merely instinctive 143;