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The elements of moral philosophy, in three books with a brief account of the nature, progress, and origin of philosophy /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fordyce, David, 1711-1751
Autor Corporativo: Liberty Fund
Otros Autores: Kennedy, Thomas D., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, ©2003.
Colección:Natural law and enlightenment classics.
Online library of liberty.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book I. Preliminaries
  • Of man and his connections
  • Of duty, or moral obligation
  • Various hypotheses concerning moral obligation
  • The final causes of our moral faculties of perception and affection
  • Book II. The principal distinctions of duty or virtue
  • Of man's duty to himself. Of the nature of good, and the chief good
  • Duties to society : Filial and fraternal duty ; Concerning marriage ; Of parental duty ; Herile and servile duty ; Social duties of the private kind ; Social duties of the commercial kind ; Social duties of the political kind
  • Duty to God
  • Book III. Of practical ethics, or the culture of the mind
  • Motives to virtue from personal happiness
  • Motives to virtue from the being and providence of God
  • Motive to virtue from immortality of the soul, etc.
  • Conclusion
  • A brief account of the nature, progress, and origin of philosophy.