Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- To the Right Reverend Father In God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Elphin
- The Subscribers
- Contents
- Preface
- Book I Concerning the Constitution of Human Nature, and the Supreme Good
- Book I: Part II An Enquiry into the Supreme Happiness of Mankind
- Book II Containing a Deduction of the more special Laws of Nature, and Duties of Life, previous to Civil Government, and other adventitious States
- CHAP. 1 The Circumstances which encrease or diminish the Moral Good or Evil of Actions
- CHAP. 2 General Rules of Judging about the Morality of Actions, from the Affections exciting to them, or opposing them
- CHAP. 3 The general Notions of Rights and Laws explained; with their Divisions
- CHAP. 4 The different States of Men. The State of Liberty not a State of War. The way that private Rights are known. The Necessity of a Social Life
- CHAP. 5 The private Rights of Men; first, such as are called Natural; and the natural Equality of Men
- CHAP. 6 The adventitious Rights, real, and perfonal. Property or Dominion
- CHAP. 7 The Means of acquiring Property. How far it extends. In what Subjects it refides
CHAP. 1 - The Circumstances which encrease or diminish the Moral Good or Evil of Actions
from Book II - Containing a Deduction of the more special Laws of Nature, and Duties of Life, previous to Civil Government, and other adventitious States
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- To the Right Reverend Father In God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Elphin
- The Subscribers
- Contents
- Preface
- Book I Concerning the Constitution of Human Nature, and the Supreme Good
- Book I: Part II An Enquiry into the Supreme Happiness of Mankind
- Book II Containing a Deduction of the more special Laws of Nature, and Duties of Life, previous to Civil Government, and other adventitious States
- CHAP. 1 The Circumstances which encrease or diminish the Moral Good or Evil of Actions
- CHAP. 2 General Rules of Judging about the Morality of Actions, from the Affections exciting to them, or opposing them
- CHAP. 3 The general Notions of Rights and Laws explained; with their Divisions
- CHAP. 4 The different States of Men. The State of Liberty not a State of War. The way that private Rights are known. The Necessity of a Social Life
- CHAP. 5 The private Rights of Men; first, such as are called Natural; and the natural Equality of Men
- CHAP. 6 The adventitious Rights, real, and perfonal. Property or Dominion
- CHAP. 7 The Means of acquiring Property. How far it extends. In what Subjects it refides
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- A System of Moral PhilosophyIn Three Books, pp. 227 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1755