The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-15
DR.. CAMPBELL BEGINS
LECTURES ON ETHICS
He Outlines the "Basis of Ethics" Be-
fore Large Audience-FIaws
of Materialisn.

At th1 Catholic Summer school yes
! terday morning Rev. DR.. Joseph Camp
| bell delivered the first of his series of
five lectures ION Ethics" He said in
| part:
Ethics is the science of supersensible
divine direction given to man, the science
| of supersensible divine restriction i'm
posed on man. in order that man may at
tain his divinely- appointed destiny Ethics
may be divided into fundamental social
and special Fundamental ethics is prin-
clpally the science of direction and re-
strlction, Immediately divine, the science
OF the natural and revealed moral laws.
Social ethics is the science of direction
and restriction and restriction remotely
divine, proximately human; the science of
social direction and restriction, whether
domestic, civil or ecclesiastical Special
ethics is the science of special precepts
especially the precepts of Justice, religion,
social obedience and temperance
Three principles constitute the basis of
ethlcs; man is the dependent creature of
God, Tor man there is divinely arranged a
destiny which is not less than the n9tI1ra
of man demands; man cannot attain his
deStlny except by the practice of Justice.
religion, domestic and civil obedience and
Man is the dependent creature of God.
II we ask ourselves how we have come
INTO existence, we must reply that exist
ence IS not from ourselves-We have re-
| ceiVed existence from others. Our par
ents could no more account for theix ex-
lStence than we can for ourselves: thew
TEe 9oe1I existence from their parents
Even admitting every grade of life not
rejecting even the theory of evolution. We
nave but to extend our inquiry to the end
ana ;sta, we must arrive at a being whose ex-
1 nende1+ Is eternaI; being who is indie
good This being is God
10 man has been assigned a DESTINY
winch is not less than the nature of mai
demands. This is true. if Cod IL ynnnI
ttany intelligent and morally good IN
o ee4+iigence implies a rational motive in
foIIiCsa, moral goodness implies that in
gent and good. " A--'011i
To some extent dependent being he
I hXS H p66SPeakS tne nature of the being
ny Whom 1t has been produced The
work OF art bespeaks the artist. the stat
ue pespeaks the sculptor, the painting be-
f fPe me painter the building bespeaks
IlLe drcnllect. No one communicates to
aa4other what he in no way possesses
wen are intelligent, some more, some
, ,1of 81 men len are good, some better, some
noI 50 good. TO some extent intelligence
anu goodness are attributable to men
themselves. Information and virtue are
e eire LaSults OF human energies rightly ex-
ttnUt9eu. But the power of perceiving
truth and the capability of doing good
men nave received from an infeIIigent
and good Creator. o4i'
A Creator, intelligent and bo11v hos -.
sIgneu TO man a destiny not less than
suits the nature of man.
man cannot attain his destiny EXCEPT
1 ~ observing the preceptS of justice re-
1SIon social obedience and temperance
| every individual has a divineIy snecifind
| uGtSStlny: 10 attain this destiny the indi-
NIuual needs a certain sphere of free ac-
tlo1; rms measure of necessary freedom
u Ine measure OF the individuals right
E GoSiy lIlIng that man possesses is from
11od; everything that man is is from Cod
religion demands that men RECOGNIZES thar
dependence on God.
The family. and the state are divine in
9IItuIlonS or the natural moral order
Each OF these societies has its divineIv
appointed purpose. Divine purpose i'm
ples diyinely conferred right.
Men have received from God internal
ana ana external goods; men have received
NE. faculties of soul and body, food
clothing and shelter. These gifts men
Ihere are three principles which con-
stltute the basis of philosophy, three phil
osoph1c principles, without any one of
1nI;1al there &c, cannot he any science of
philosophy These principles are: We
eXst-We are facts, not shadows, the
same t TACT cannot be and not be at the
capable OF acquiring knowledge of some
| facts, some truths. Take away any one
OF Oh dhe S principles and the whole struc-
lure OF philosophy collapses. These three
principles constitute the basis of philoso-
Phy. IN the science of ethics there are
three fundamental principles, without any
OF Whlch there cannot be a science of eth
les. Inc principles which constitute the
pasls OF etn1cs are ~ man is the depend
ent creature of God, (2) for man there is
dlvlnely arranged a specific destiny rs
man cannot attain his divinely deternin-
cd destiny except by the practice of ius
tlce, religion, social obedience and tenn
perance. Remove any of these principles
and it is impossible to construct a Sci
ence of ethics The basic principles of
philosophy are self evident, the basic
onstration. Reason and revelation dem
onstrate the truth of the basic principles
| of ethics. Theism is the pivot of the sci
ence of ethics.
At the evening session Dr. Henry Aus
tin Adams lectured on ''Paola and Fran
cesca." DIR. Campbell will lecture again
TINS morning, and DR.. Adams this even