NOTE 



THESE four lectures on Social Responsibilities were 

 delivered at the invitation of the Scottish Christian Social 

 Union, and addressed primarily to the business men of 

 Glasgow... Their object is to deepen the sense of social 

 responsibility amongst such men, as the most secure and 

 practical means of raising the level of social life, and of 

 dealing wisely and effectively with its very difficult 

 problems. 



In the first lecture, which is Introductory, some indi- 

 cations are given of the fact that the affairs of the City 

 and of the State are treated in a more frivolous way than 

 those of a private business ; and it is assumed that the 

 reason for this lies in that many men are not aware how 

 directly and vitally their well-being depends upon Society, 

 and that of Society upon them. The second and the third 

 lectures are intended to give a popular exposition of the 

 intimacy of the relations of Man and Society, and of the 

 many and deep obligations of social service which spring 

 therefrom. In the last lecture some indications are given 

 of the means that must be employed in order to make 

 this service ultimately effective in a broad and permanent 

 way. 



