CONTENTS. PART I. — ETHICS. Chapter I. — Of the Object-matter and Partition of Moral Philosophy i Chapter II. — Of Happiness. Section I. — Of Ends 3 „ II. — Definition of Happiness 6 „ III. — Happiness open to Man 13 „ IV. — Of the Object of Perfect Happiness 21 „ V. — Of the use of the present life 26 Chapter III. — Of Human Acts. Section I. — What makes a human act less voluntary 27 „ II. — Of the determinants of Morality in any given action 31 Chapter IV. — Of Passions. Section I. — Of Passions in general 48 „ II. — Of Desire 49 „ III. — Of Delight 54 „ IV. — Of Anger 61 Chapter V. — Of Habits and Virtues. Section I. — Of Habit 64 „ II. — Of Virtues in general 69 „ III. — Of tho difference between Virtues. Intellectual and Moral 73 „ IV. — Of the Mean in Moral Virtue 77 „ V. — Of Cardinal Virtues 84 „ VI. — Of Prudence 67 „ VII. — Of Temperance 90 „ VIII. — Of Fortitude 91 „ IX. — Of Justice Chapter VI. — Of the Origin of Moral Obligation. Section I. — Of the natural difference between Good and Evil 109 II. — How Good becomes bounden duty, and Evil is advanced to sin 115 Chapter VII. — Of the Eternal Law 126 Chapter VIII. — Of the Natural Law of Conscience. Section I. — Of the Origin of Primary Moral Judgments 133 „ II. — Of the invariability of Primary Moral Judgments 144 „ III. — Of the immutability of the Natural Law, and consequent impossibility of evolution in Morals 147 IV. — Of Probabilism 152 Chapter IX. — Of the Sanction of the Natural Law. Section I. — Of a twofold Sanction, Natural and Divine 159 „ II. — Of the Finality of the aforesaid Sanction 164 „ III. — Of Punishment, Retrospective and Retributive 168 Chapter X. — Of Utilitarianism 177 PART II. — NATURAL LAW. Chapter I. — Of Duties to God. Section I. — Of the Worship of God 191 II. — Of Superstitious Practices 198 III. — Of the duty of knowing God 200 Chapter II. — Of the Duty of Preserving Life. Section I. — Of Killing, Direct and Indirect 202 „ II. — Of Killing done indirectly in Self-defence 208 „ III. — Of Suicide 213 „ IV. — Of Duelling 219 Chapter III. — Of Speaking the Truth. Section I. — Of the definition of a Lie 224 II. — Of the Evil of Lying 226 „ III. — Of the keeping of Secrets without Lying 232 Chapter IV. — Of Charity 237 Chapter V. — Or Rights. Section I. — Of the definition and division of Rights 244 „ II. — Of the so-called Rights of Animals 248 „ III. — Of the right to Honour and Reputation 251 „ IV. — Of Contracts 253 „ V. — Of Usury 255 Chapter VI. — Of Marriage. Section I. — Of the Institution of Marriage 263 „ II. — Of the Unity of Marriage 270 „ III. — Of the Indissolubility of Marriage 274 Chapter VII. — Of Property. Section I. — Of Private Property 278 „ II. — Of Private Capital 282 „ III. — Of Landed Property 292 Chapter VIII. — Of the State. Section I. — Of the Monstrosities called Leviathan and Social Contract 297 II. — Of the theory that Civil Power is an aggregate formed by subscription of the powers of individuals 307 III. — Of the true state of Nature, which is the state of civil society, and consequently of the Divine origin of Power 310 IV. — Of the variety of Politics 319 V. — Of the Divine Right of Kings and the Inalienable Sovereignty of the People 326 VI. — Of the Elementary and Original Polity 334 VII. — Of Resistance to Civil Power 335 VIII. — Of the Right of the Sword 343 IX. — Of War 350 X. — Of the Scope and Aim of Civil Government 354 XI. — Of Law and Liberty 359 XII. — Of Liberty of Opinion 364 Digitized by Google.

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