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Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1835, by
FRANCIS WAYLAND,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of
Rhode Island.

TYPE CONNER AND COOKE.

PLAN OF THE WORK.

BOOK FIRST.

THEORETICAL ETHICS.

CHAPTER I.

OF THE ORIGIN OF OUR NOTION OF THE MORAL QUA

LITY OF ACTIONS.

Section 1. Of moral law

2. What is a moral action

3. In what part of an action do we discover its moral quality

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4. Whence do we derive our notion of the moral quality of actions 14

CHAPTER II.

CONSCIENCE, OR THE MORAL SENSE.

Section 1. Is there a conscience

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2. Of the manner in which the decision of conscience is expressed 38 3. The authority of conscience

4. Law by which conscience is governed

5. Rules for moral conduct

CHAPTER III.

THE NATURE OF VIRTUE.

Section 1. Of virtue in general

2. Of virtue in imperfect beings

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Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1835, by
FRANCIS WAYLAND,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of
Rhode Island.

OCT 141916

TYPE CONNER AND COOKE.

PLAN OF THE WORK.

BOOK FIRST.

THEORETICAL ETHICS.

CHAPTER I.

OF THE ORIGIN OF OUR NOTION OF THE MORAL QUA

LITY OF ACTIONS.

Section 1. Of moral law

2. What is a moral action

3. In what part of an action do we discover its moral quality

3

6

11

4. Whence do we derive our notion of the moral quality of actions 14

CHAPTER II.

CONSCIENCE, OR THE MORAL SENSE.

Section 1. Is there a conscience

2. Of the manner in which the decision of conscience is expressed 38 3. The authority of conscience

4. Law by which conscience is governed

5. Rules for moral conduct

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Section 1. Of the manner in which we may learn our duty by the light of nature.

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2. How far we may discover our duty by the light of nature
3. Defects of the system of natural religion

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2. In what manner are we to ascertain our duty from the Holy

Scriptures

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