Moral philosophy
Subtitle: Or Ethics And Natural Law
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published: 1914
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: PART I. — ETHICS.; title: Chapter I. — Of the Object-matter and Partition of Moral Philosophy i; title: Chapter II. — Of Happiness.; title: Section I. — Of Ends 3; title: „ II. — Definition of Happiness 6; title: „ III. — Happiness open to Man 13; title: „ IV. — Of the Object of Perfect Happiness 21; title: „ V. — Of the use of the present life 26; title: Chapter III. — Of Human Acts.; title: Section I. — What makes a human act less voluntary 27; title: „ II. — Of the determinants of Morality in any given action 31; title: Chapter IV. — Of Passions.; title: Section I. — Of Passions in general 48; title: „ II. — Of Desire 49; title: „ III. — Of Delight 54; title: „ IV. — Of Anger 61; title: Chapter V. — Of Habits and Virtues.; title: Section I. — Of Habit 64; title: „ II. — Of Virtues in general 69; title: „ III. — Of tho difference between Virtues. Intellectual and Moral 73; title: „ IV. — Of the Mean in Moral Virtue 77; title: „ V. — Of Cardinal Virtues 84; title: „ VI. — Of Prudence 67; title: „ VII. — Of Temperance 90; title: „ VIII. — Of Fortitude 91; title: „ IX. — Of Justice; title: Chapter VI. — Of the Origin of Moral Obligation.; title: Section I. — Of the natural difference between Good and Evil 109; title: II. — How Good becomes bounden duty, and Evil is advanced to sin 115; title: Chapter VII. — Of the Eternal Law 126; title: Chapter VIII. — Of the Natural Law of Conscience.; title: Section I. — Of the Origin of Primary Moral Judgments 133; title: „ II. — Of the invariability of Primary Moral Judgments 144; title: „ III. — Of the immutability of the Natural Law, and consequent impossibility of evolution in Morals 147; title: IV. — Of Probabilism 152; title: Chapter IX. — Of the Sanction of the Natural Law.; title: Section I. — Of a twofold Sanction, Natural and Divine 159; title: „ II. — Of the Finality of the aforesaid Sanction 164; title: „ III. — Of Punishment, Retrospective and Retributive 168; title: Chapter X. — Of Utilitarianism 177; title: PART II. — NATURAL LAW.; title: Chapter I. — Of Duties to God.; title: Section I. — Of the Worship of God 191; title: II. — Of Superstitious Practices 198; title: III. — Of the duty of knowing God 200; title: Chapter II. — Of the Duty of Preserving Life.; title: Section I. — Of Killing, Direct and Indirect 202; title: „ II. — Of Killing done indirectly in Self-defence 208; title: „ III. — Of Suicide 213; title: „ IV. — Of Duelling 219; title: Chapter III. — Of Speaking the Truth.; title: Section I. — Of the definition of a Lie 224; title: II. — Of the Evil of Lying 226; title: „ III. — Of the keeping of Secrets without Lying 232; title: Chapter IV. — Of Charity 237; title: Chapter V. — Or Rights.; title: Section I. — Of the definition and division of Rights 244; title: „ II. — Of the so-called Rights of Animals 248; title: „ III. — Of the right to Honour and Reputation 251; title: „ IV. — Of Contracts 253; title: „ V. — Of Usury 255; title: Chapter VI. — Of Marriage.; title: Section I. — Of the Institution of Marriage 263; title: „ II. — Of the Unity of Marriage 270; title: „ III. — Of the Indissolubility of Marriage 274; title: Chapter VII. — Of Property.; title: Section I. — Of Private Property 278; title: „ II. — Of Private Capital 282; title: „ III. — Of Landed Property 292; title: Chapter VIII. — Of the State.; title: Section I. — Of the Monstrosities called Leviathan and Social Contract 297; title: II. — Of the theory that Civil Power is an aggregate formed by subscription of the powers of individuals 307; title: III. — Of the true state of Nature, which is the state of civil society, and consequently of the Divine origin of Power 310; title: IV. — Of the variety of Politics 319; title: V. — Of the Divine Right of Kings and the Inalienable Sovereignty of the People 326; title: VI. — Of the Elementary and Original Polity 334; title: VII. — Of Resistance to Civil Power 335 VIII. — Of the Right of the Sword 343; title: IX. — Of War 350; title: X. — Of the Scope and Aim of Civil Government 354; title: XI. — Of Law and Liberty 359; title: XII. — Of Liberty of Opinion 364