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the reader is referred to the opening lecture, and to the

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English literature is rich in ethical speculation. Several valuable treatises have recently been published in this country; but the ground of classification, and the general aspects and connections of the subject, as presented in the following lectures, are so far different from others, that it is hoped something may be gained to the science by their publication. To the authors of the treatises above referred to, and also to the friends who have aided me by their suggestions, I desire to express my indebtedness.

I will only add, that the work is written in the interest of truth, and not controversially.

CONTENTS.

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,

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LECTURE II.

THREE QUESTIONS. ·THE CONSIDERATION OF ENDS. - AN END ATTAINED IN THREE WAYS.-ENDS SUBORDINATE, ULTIMATE, AND SUPREME. — AN END INVOLVES A GOOD. THE NATUre of goOD AS FROM ACTIVITY. THE GREATEST GOOD,

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KINDS OF GOOD.

LECTURE III.

SUSCEPTIBILITIES AND POWERS. GOOD AS HIGHER

AND LOWER. FORCES AND FACULTIES THEIR SUBORDINATION. THE LAW OF LIMITATION.~ METHODS OF ADDITION AND OF DEVELOPMENTNATURAL AND CHRISTIAN LAW OF SELF-DENIAL, .

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LECTURE IV.

RELATION OF INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

SPONTANEOUS

AND VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY. — FACULTIES INSTRUMENTAL AND ULTITHE APPETITES. NATURAL ARTIFICIAL.

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DESIRES. CLASSIFICATION OF THEM. DESIRE OF CONTINUED EXISTENCE,

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RELATION OF VIRTUE TO HAPPINESS. — QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF good ·MORAL AND NATURAL GOOD. ·REGARD FOR OUR OWN GOOD. - CONNECTION

WITH BENEVOLENCE. ENJOYMENT FROM APPROBATION. THE TRUE END OF MAN. CONNECTION BETWEEN MORAL AND NATURAL GOOD,

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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

COMPLEX

LATION OF CONSCIENCE TO OTHER PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
ITY OF MOTIVES. MUST A VIRTUOUS ACT BE FROM A SENSE OF
DUTY?

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LECTURE X.

RECTITUDE AND VIRTUE. — RELATIONS. EXPEDIENCY, PRUDENCE, AND VIRTUE. ORIGIN OF MORAL DISTINCTIONS AS RELATED TO THE DIVINE NATURE. — COINCIDENCE OF INSTINCT AND REASON OF FAITH AND REASON OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION,

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CEIVING. — RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT. -LIBERTY AS RELATED TO RIGHTS.

- DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIBERTY — NATURAL, CIVIL, POLITICAL, 253

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LECTURE XII.

A FUTURE LIFE. ITS RELATION TO MORALITY.— THE PHYSICAL ARGUMENT. MORAL ARGUMENTS,.

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SUMMARY,

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