Author |
Fordyce, David, 1711-1751.
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Title |
The elements of moral philosophy, in three books with a brief account of the nature, progress, and origin of philosophy / David Fordyce ; edited with an introduction by Thomas Kennedy. |
OCLC |
50717698 |
ISBN |
086597389X (alk. paper) |
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9780865973893 (alk. paper) |
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0865973903 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780865973909 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Publisher |
Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, [2003] |
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©2003 |
Description |
xvii, 212 pages ; 24 cm. |
LC Subject heading/s |
Ethics.
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Duty.
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Conduct of life.
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Philosophy -- History.
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Burris Collection.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Book I. Preliminaries -- Of man and his connections -- Of duty, or moral obligation -- Various hypotheses concerning moral obligation -- The final causes of our moral faculties of perception and affection -- Book II. The principal distinctions of duty or virtue -- Of man's duty to himself. Of the nature of good, and the chief good -- Duties to society : Filial and fraternal duty ; Concerning marriage ; Of parental duty ; Herile and servile duty ; Social duties of the private kind ; Social duties of the commercial kind ; Social duties of the political kind -- Duty to God -- Book III. Of practical ethics, or the culture of the mind -- Motives to virtue from personal happiness -- Motives to virtue from the being and providence of God -- Motive to virtue from immortality of the soul, etc. -- Conclusion -- A brief account of the nature, progress, and origin of philosophy. |
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