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]