The foundation of obligation must universally be intrinsic in the object of choice. This is his fundamental position. Thus far we agree. Foundation of obligation, is not only what is intrinsic, but also in the relations of its object. But this contradicts the last assertion.
All obligation is founded exclusively in the relations of our being to another.
Here, a mere condition of obligation, to fulfil to those around us certain forms of duty, is confounded with, and even asserted to be, the sole ground of obligation. We have seen in a former lecture, that the various relations of life, are only conditions of certain forms of obligation, while the good connected with the performance of these duties, is the ground of all such forms of obligation. Here he again contradicts No. Again, he asserts that the affirmation of obligation by the moral faculty, is the ground of obligation. Here again a condition is asserted to be the ground of obligation.