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OF CONTENTS.
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  2. Sec. 9. Four consequences of this definition of a cause
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    294
  3. CHAPTER X.
  4. THE SAME SUBJECT
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    297
  5. Sec. 2. Third class of arguments against human liberty
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    298
  6. CHAPTER XI.
  7. OF THE PERMISSION OF EVIL
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    303
  8. Sec. 2. Scientia media
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    ib.
  9. 3. Prescience of the Deity indisputable
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    304

  10. ESSAY V.

    OF MORALS.
    CHAPTER I

  11. OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF MORALS
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    312
  12. Sec. 1. First principles
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    ib.
  13. 4. Another class of axioms in morals
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    317
  14. 5. Conclusion
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    319
  15. CHAPTER II.
  16. OF SYSTEMS OF MORALS
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    319
  17. Sec. 1. Instruction in morals necessary
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    ib
  18. 3. Necessity of instruction in morals shown from the evidence of history
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    321
  19. 6. Morals have been method- ized in different ways
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    322
  20. CHAPTER III.
  21. OF SYSTEMS OF NATURAL JURISPRUDENCE
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    323
  22. Sec. 1. Jurisprudence and morals closely related
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    ib.
  23. 5. True origin of systems of natural jurisprudence
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    326
  24. CHAPTER IV.
  25. WHETHER AN ACTION DESERVING MORAL APPROBATION, MUST BE DONE WITH THE BELIEF OF ITS BEING MORALLY GOOD
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    329
  26. Sec. 9. Conscience, or moral sense
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    337
  27. CHAPTER V.
  28. WHETHER JUSTICE BE A NATURAL OR AN ARTIFICIAL VIRTUE
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    338
  29. Sec. 1. Hume consistent as a writer on morals
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    ib.
  30. 3. Hume agrees with the Epicureans in one respect
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    339
  31. 4. Disagrees in another
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    340
  32. 5. Effect of this doctrine
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    ib.
  33. 6. Natural and artificial virtues
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    ib.
  34. 8. Esteem
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    341
  35. 9. The merit of justice, according to Hume
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    342
  36. 17. Six branches of justice
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    349
  37. 20. Mr. Hobbes' system
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    350
  38. 26. This argument would prove all social virtues to be artificial, as well as justice
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    357
  39. 28. Obvious defect in Mr. Hume's reasoning as to the standard of justice generally
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    358
  40. 29. Standard of justice among the ancients
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    359
  41. CHAPTER VI.
  42. OF THE NATURE AND OBLIGATION OF A CONTRACT
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    361
  43. Sec. 1. Promise and contract different
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    ib.
  44. 2. Definition of a contract
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    362
  45. 5. Contracts and promises have a foundation in nature
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    367
  46. 7. Natural tendency of Mr. Hume's principles
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    370
  47. 8. Mr. Hume's practice probably contradicted his principles
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    371
  48. 10. Origin of the contradictions in Mr. Hume's arguments
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    374
  49. CHAPTER VII.
  50. THAT MORAL APPROBATION IMPLIES A REAL JUDGMENT
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    376
  51. Sec. 4. Of feeling and judgment
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    377
  52. 8. Improper use. of words has impeded the study of moral philosophy
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    384
  53. 10. Impiety of the assertion, that moral judgment is merely a feeling
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    392