The Ethics of Gambling
by William Douglas Mackenzie

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Excerpt from the preface:

The vice of gambling is not so generally spread through the American nation as it is in several European countries, but it is spreading gradually even here and is tolerated in its seemingly innocent forms where one would not expect to find it. It is time that the matter should receive the earnest study of all who have the highest good of their country at heart.

Preface
Chapter I The Need For A Theory Of Gambling
Chapter II The Act Of Gambling Analyzed
Chapter III The Economic Nature Of The Act
Chapter IV The Moral Quality Of The Act
Chapter V The Element Of Chance In Recreation
Chapter VI The Element Of Chance In Commercial Life
Chapter VII Why Gambling Lowers Character
Chapter VIII Why Gambling Is “Anti-Social”
Chapter IX “Debts Of Honor”
Chapter X Why Gambling Leads To Suicide
Chapter XI Gambling And National Life
Appendix 1
Appendix 2

1st edition 1893, reprinted 1911, 1928, PDF 36 pages.
word count: 16382 which is equivalent to 65 standard pages of text

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