Index.
Abstinence, when to be preferred to temperance, [175]
Academy, the New, [205]
Action, defined, [1]
springs of, [10]
governing principles of, [30]
Affections, the, [22]
Anger, [26]
Anonymous publications, [123]
Appetites, the, [10]
Aristotle, character of, [197]
Beneficence, [143]
Bentham, Jeremy, [215]
Bossuet, controversy of, with Fénélon, [217]
Brotherhood, human, in its ethical relations, [56]
Butler, [212]
Capital punishment, [66]
Casuistry, [187]
Children, duties of, [121]
Christianity, a source of knowledge, [55]
exhibiting moral perfection in the person of its Founder, [68]
compared, as to its ethics, with other religions, [59]
as a motive power, [81]
Cicero, philosophical relations of, [206]
Clarke, Samuel, [210]
Conscience, a judicial faculty, [41]
educated by use, [44]
relation of knowledge to, [45]
Contracts, [128]
Courage, defined, [158]
physical, [159]
moral, [160]
Cousin, [218]
Cudworth, [209]
Desire, defined, [12]
of knowledge, [13]
of society, [15]
of esteem, [17]
of power, [18]
of superiority, [19]
Duties, conflict of, [190]
Duty, limit of, [189]
Enemies, love of, possible, [149]
Envy, [27]
Epictetus, character of, [203]
Epicureanism, [198]
Example, ethical value of, [111]
Expediency, an insufficient rule of conduct, [31]
when to be consulted, [33]
Extreme cases in morals, [125]
Falsehood, [151]
Family, duties of the, [118]
Fénélon, controversy of, with Bossuet, [217]
Fitness, the ground of right, [36]
Foreknowledge, Divine, consistent with human freedom, [8]
Freedom of the will, arguments for, [2]
objections to, [4]
Government, the essential function of, [180]
obedience to, how limited, [182]
when to be opposed, [184]
Gratitude, [24]
Habit, [84]
Hatred, [28]
Hobbes, [208]
Home-life, order requisite in, [169]
Homicide, justifiable, [64]
Honesty, [134]
Horace, the poet of Epicureanism, [200]
Ignorance, sins of, [39]
Immortality, ethical relations of, [57]
Intemperance, [170]
Jouffroy, [218]
Justice, [113]
Kant, ethical system of, [219]
Kindness, [25]
Knowledge, attainment of, a duty, [102]
Law, the result of experience, [50]
an educational force, [51]
Liberty, the right to, [69]
Love, [22]
Lucretius, philosophy of, [201]
Malebranche, [216]
Manners, a department of morals, [177]
Marcus Aurelius, character of, [204]
Marriage, [120]
Measure, duties appertaining to, [170]
Military service, [68]
Moral philosophy, defined, [34]
Motive, [79]
Oaths, [129]
Observation, a source of ethical knowledge, [46]
Order, [164]
Paley, [215]
Pantheism, ethics of, [218]
Parents, duties of, [121]
Passion, [82]
Patience, [152]
Pauperism, [144]
Peripatetics, the, [193]
Piety toward God, [113]
Pity, [25]
Place, duties appertaining to, [168]
Plato, as a teacher of ethics, [193]
Politeness, [178]
Positive duties, [117]
Price, Richard, [214]
Promises, [126]
Prudence, [98]
Punctuality, [167]
Resentment, [27]
Revenge, [28]
Reverence, [23]
Revolution, when justifiable, [185]
Right, the, [35]
absolute and relative, [37]
Rights, defined, [61]
how limited, [62]
personal, [64]
of property, [72]
of reputation, [76]
Sabbath, the, [16]
Sceptical school of philosophy, [204]
Schoolmen, ethics of the, [207]
Self-control, [106]
Self-culture, moral, [109]
Self-preservation, [99]
Seneca, writings and character of, [203]
Shaftesbury, [210]
Slavery, [70]
Smith, Adam, [211]
Socrates, as a teacher of ethics, [195]
Speculation in business, when legitimate, [138]
when dishonest, [140]
Spinoza, [209]
Stoics, philosophy of the, [201]
eminent Roman, [203]
Submission, [155]
Sympathy, [25]
Taxation, [75]
Temperance, [173]
Time, duties appertaining to, [165]
Usury, [142]
Veracity, [122]
Virtue, defined, [88]
connection of, with piety, [91]
Virtues, the, [94]
cardinal, [96]
Worship, public, [115]
Zeno, character of, [202]