The elements of moral philosophy, in three books with a brief account of the nature, progress, and origin of philosophy:
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Main Author: Fordyce, David 1711-1751 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis Liberty Fund ©2003
Series:Natural law and enlightenment classics
Online library of liberty
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Title from web site as viewed on 09/24/2005
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Physical Description:xvii, 212 pages
ISBN:9781614877967
1614877963
086597389X
9780865973893
0865973903
9780865973909

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