CONTENTSCHAPTER ITHE ESSENTIAL FALLACIES OF MALTHUSIAN TEACHINGSection 1. MALTHUS AND THE NEO-MALTHUSIANS. (a) Malthus (b) The Neo-MalthusiansSection 2. TEACHING BASED ON FALSE PREMISES. (a) That Population progresses geometrically (b) That Food Supply progresses arithmetically (c) That Overpopulation is the cause of Poverty and DiseaseSection 3. THE ROOT FALLACYSection 4. WHAT OVERPOPULATION MEANSSection 5. NO EVIDENCE OF OVERPOPULATION (a) In the Suez Canal Zone (b) In "Closed Countries" like JapanSection 6. A NATURAL LAW CHECKING FERTILITYSection 7. OVERPOPULATION IN THE FUTURESection 8. HOW NATIONS HAVE PERISHEDSection 9. PHYSICAL CATASTROPHES (a) Disease (b) WarSection 10. MORAL CATASTROPHESCHAPTER IITHE FALSE DEDUCTIONS CONCERNING POVERTYSection 1. BIRTH-RATE AND POVERTY (a) Famines (b) Abundance (c) WagesSection 2. POVERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN DUE TO OTHER CAUSES (a) Under-development (b) Severance of the Inhabitants from the SoilSection 3. CAUSES OF POVERTY IN INDIASection 4. POVERTY IN FACT CAUSES A HIGH BIRTHRATE (a) Malthusianism is an attack on the Poor (b) A Hindrance to Reform (c) A Quack Remedy for PovertySection 5. POVERTY AND CIVILISATIONCHAPTER IIIHIGH BIRTH-RATES NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATESSection 1. POVERTY AS NOW EXISTINGSection 2. HIGH BIRTH-RATE NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATE: PROVED FROM STATISTICS (a) Canada (b) ConnaughtSection 3. A LOW BIRTH-RATE NO GUARANTEE OF A LOW DEATH-RATESection 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF FRANCESection 5. COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATIONCHAPTER IVHOW RELIGION AFFECTS THE BIRTHRATESection 1. FRENCH STATISTICS MISINTERPRETED BY MALTHUSIANSSection 2. EVIDENCE FROM HOLLANDSection 3. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICASection 4. THE SAME RESULTS IN ENGLANDCHAPTER VIS THERE A NATURAL LAW REGULATING THE PROPORTION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS?Section 1. THE THEORY OF THOMAS DOUBLEDAY REVIVEDSection 2. MR. PELL'S GENERALISATIONS CRITICISEDSection 3. THE LAW OF DECLINESection 4. ILLUSTRATED FROM GREEK HISTORY (a) Moral Catastrophe in Ancient Greece (b) The Physical Catastrophe induced by SelfishnessCHAPTER VITHE FALLING BIRTH-RATE IN ENGLAND: ITS CAUSESSection 1. NOT, AS MALTHUSIANS ASSERT, DUE MAINLY TO CONTRACEPTIVESSection 2. DECLINE IN FERTILITY DUE TO SOME NATURAL LAWSection 3. AND TO CHARACTER OF OCCUPATION.Section 4. AGGRAVATED DOUBTLESS BY MALTHUSIANISMCHAPTER VIITHE EVILS OF ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROLSection 1. NOT A PHYSICAL BENEFIT (a) A Cause of Sterility (b) Neuroses (c) Fibroid TumoursSection 2. A SCANDALOUS SUGGESTIONSection 3. A CAUSE OF UNHAPPINESS IN MARRIAGESection 4. AN INSULT TO TRUE WOMANHOODSection 5. A DEGRADATION OF THE FEMALE SEXSection 6. SPECIALLY HURTFUL TO THE POOR (a) Affecting the Young (b) Exposing the Poor to Experiment (c) Tending towards the Servile StateSection 7. A MENACE TO THE NATION (a) There is a Limit to lowering the Death-rate (b) Birth Control tends to extinguish the Birth-rate (c) A Danger to the Empire (d) The Dangers of Small FamiliesSection 8. THE PLOT AGAINST CHRISTENDOMCHAPTER VIIITHE RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT AGAINST BIRTH CONTROLSection 1. AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURESection 2. REFLECTED IN THE NORMAL CONSCIENCESection 3. EXPRESSED IN THE SCIENCE OF ETHICSSection 4. BIRTH CONTROL CONDEMNED BY PROTESTANT CHURCHESAPPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIIIA NEO-MALTHUSIAN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDCHAPTER IXTHE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON BIRTH CONTROLSection 1. A FALSE VIEW OF HER DOCTRINESection 2. THE ESSENCE AND PURPOSE OF MARRIAGESection 3. ARTIFICIAL STERILITY WHOLLY CONDEMNEDSection 4. THE ONLY LAWFUL METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROLSection 5. CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHY --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.