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- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- To the Right Reverend Father In God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Elphin
- The Subscribers
- Contents
- Preface
- Book I Concerning the Constitution of Human Nature, and the Supreme Good
- CHAP. 1 Of the Constitution of Human Nature and its Powers; and first, the Understanding, Will, and Passions
- CHAP. 2 Concerning the siner Powers of Perception
- CHAP. 3 Concerning the ultimate Determinations of the Will, and benevolent Affections
- CHAP. 4 Concerning the Moral Sense, or Faculty of perceiving Moral Excellence, and its Supreme Objects
- CHAP. 5 The sense of Honour and Shame explain'd. The universal Influence of the Moral Sense, and that of Honour; and their Uniformity
- Book I: Part II An Enquiry into the Supreme Happiness of Mankind
- Book II Containing a Deduction of the more special Laws of Nature, and Duties of Life, previous to Civil Government, and other adventitious States
CHAP. 4 - Concerning the Moral Sense, or Faculty of perceiving Moral Excellence, and its Supreme Objects
from Book I - Concerning the Constitution of Human Nature, and the Supreme Good
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- To the Right Reverend Father In God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Elphin
- The Subscribers
- Contents
- Preface
- Book I Concerning the Constitution of Human Nature, and the Supreme Good
- CHAP. 1 Of the Constitution of Human Nature and its Powers; and first, the Understanding, Will, and Passions
- CHAP. 2 Concerning the siner Powers of Perception
- CHAP. 3 Concerning the ultimate Determinations of the Will, and benevolent Affections
- CHAP. 4 Concerning the Moral Sense, or Faculty of perceiving Moral Excellence, and its Supreme Objects
- CHAP. 5 The sense of Honour and Shame explain'd. The universal Influence of the Moral Sense, and that of Honour; and their Uniformity
- Book I: Part II An Enquiry into the Supreme Happiness of Mankind
- Book II Containing a Deduction of the more special Laws of Nature, and Duties of Life, previous to Civil Government, and other adventitious States
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- A System of Moral PhilosophyIn Three Books, pp. 53 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1755