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page - Sec. 9. Four consequences of this definition of a cause................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
294 CHAPTER X. - THE SAME SUBJECT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
297 - Sec. 2. Third class of arguments against human liberty................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
298 CHAPTER XI. - OF THE PERMISSION OF EVIL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
303 - Sec. 2. Scientia media................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 3. Prescience of the Deity indisputable................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
304
ESSAY V.
OF MORALS.
CHAPTER I- OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF MORALS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
312 - Sec. 1. First principles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 4. Another class of axioms in morals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
317 - 5. Conclusion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
319 CHAPTER II. - OF SYSTEMS OF MORALS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
319 - Sec. 1. Instruction in morals necessary................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib - 3. Necessity of instruction in morals shown from the evidence of history................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
321 - 6. Morals have been method- ized in different ways................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
322 CHAPTER III. - OF SYSTEMS OF NATURAL JURISPRUDENCE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
323 - Sec. 1. Jurisprudence and morals closely related................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 5. True origin of systems of natural jurisprudence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
326 CHAPTER IV. - WHETHER AN ACTION DESERVING MORAL APPROBATION, MUST BE DONE WITH THE BELIEF OF ITS BEING MORALLY GOOD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
329 - Sec. 9. Conscience, or moral sense................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
337 CHAPTER V. - WHETHER JUSTICE BE A NATURAL OR AN ARTIFICIAL VIRTUE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
338 - Sec. 1. Hume consistent as a writer on morals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 3. Hume agrees with the Epicureans in one respect................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
339 - 4. Disagrees in another................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
340 - 5. Effect of this doctrine................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 6. Natural and artificial virtues................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 8. Esteem................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
341 - 9. The merit of justice, according to Hume................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
342 - 17. Six branches of justice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
349 - 20. Mr. Hobbes' system................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
350 - 26. This argument would prove all social virtues to be artificial, as well as justice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
357 - 28. Obvious defect in Mr. Hume's reasoning as to the standard of justice generally................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
358 - 29. Standard of justice among the ancients................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
359 CHAPTER VI. - OF THE NATURE AND OBLIGATION OF A CONTRACT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
361 - Sec. 1. Promise and contract different................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. Definition of a contract................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
362 - 5. Contracts and promises have a foundation in nature................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
367 - 7. Natural tendency of Mr. Hume's principles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
370 - 8. Mr. Hume's practice probably contradicted his principles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
371 - 10. Origin of the contradictions in Mr. Hume's arguments................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
374 CHAPTER VII. - THAT MORAL APPROBATION IMPLIES A REAL JUDGMENT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
376 - Sec. 4. Of feeling and judgment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
377 - 8. Improper use. of words has impeded the study of moral philosophy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
384 - 10. Impiety of the assertion, that moral judgment is merely a feeling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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