CONTENTS. MORAL SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY.- REASONS FOR THE SLOWER PROGRESS OF THREE QUESTIONS.—THE CONSIDERATION OF ENDS.-AN END ATTAINED IN THREE WAYS.—ENDS SUBORDINATÉ, ultimate, and SUPREME. — AN RELATION OF INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. SPONTANEOUS DESIRE OF PROPERTY.-AVARICE. DESIRE OF KNOWLEDGE. DESIRE OF POWER.INFLUENCE. - EMULATION. -DESIRE OF ESTEEM. - - DESIRE OF CONNECTION WITH THE CHOICE OF A SUPREME END.-CONSCIENCE. — RELATION OF VIRTUE TO HAPPINESS. QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF GOOD -MORAL AND NATURAL GOOD. REGARD FOR OUR OWN GOOD.— CON- NECTION WITH BENEVOLENCE. - ENJOYMENT FROM APPROBATION.- THE SPHERE OF MORAL SCIENCE.-RIGHT AND WRONG.-DEFINITION OF TERMS. PROVINCE OF CONSCIENCE. HOW FAR INFALLIBLE. TWO SPHERES. DIVERSITY OF MORAL JUDGMENTS. CRISES OF LIFE.-RE- LATION OF CONSCIENCE TO OTHER PRINCIPLES OF ACTION. COMPLEX- RIGHTS. - THEIR ORIGIN AND KINDS.- ALIENABLE -INALIENABLE. SLAVERY.-RIGHTS OF PERSONS AND OF THINGS. GIVING AND RE- CEIVING.-RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT.-LIBERTY AS RELATED TO RIGHTS. LECTURES ON MORAL SCIENCE. LECTURE I. MORAL SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY.- REASONS FOR THE SLOWER PROGRESS OF THE FORMER.-PROGRESS MUST BE SLOW. TWO CLASSES OF SCIENCES. -USE OF STUDYING THE SCIENCE. AMONG the sciences which earliest drew the attention of man were those of Astronomy and Morals. Of these, one respects the sources of that light which is from without, the other of that which is within. Of the one, the objects and phenomena are not only without us, but are separated from us by inconceivable distances; of the other, the phenomena are not only within us, but belong to that part of our nature which is special to us, and whose circle lies nearest to its central point. Connected with each are practical judgments common to all. Both the heavens and the moral nature of man yielded him guidance before there was a thought of the science of either. The unscientific man rejoices in the light that comes from Arcturus no less than if he could analyze its beams, and is guided by the polar star no less surely than if he could measure its magnitude and distance. The day and the night, the changing moons and |