Ethical Studies was Bradley’s only book on moral philosophy, published when he was very young, in 1876. Organized around the concept of self-realization, it presents a metaphysical ethics in the sense that it is largely concerned with coming to understand the moral agent, which entails laying bare the structure of volitional choice. In this respect, Bradley offers a theory of practical reasoning.  The overarching end of practical reasoning is self-realization and so it is no surprise that Bradley thinks the main objective of moral action is to become as morally good as we can, making the world morally better in the process.  This perfectionist theory is developed and defended not in terms of the moral virtues and their contribution to the good life, but on the ground that the realization of the self is a necessary feature of the logical structure of intentionally willed moral actions.