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PART 1 Of the PROPRIETY of ACTION

SECTION I Of the Sense of Propriety

CHAPTER 1 Of Sympathy

CHAPTER 2 Of the Pleasure of mutual Sympathy

CHAPTER 3 Of the manner in which we judge of the propriety or impropriety of the Affections of other Men, by their concord or dissonance with our own

CHAPTER 4 The same subject continued

CHAPTER 5 Of the amiable and respectable virtues

SECTION II Of the Deg rees of the different Passions which are consistent with

Propriety

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Of the Passions which take their origin from the body

CHAPTER 2 Of those Passions which take their origin from a particular turn or

habit of the Imagination

CHAPTER 3 Of the unsocial Passions

CHAPTER 4 Of the social Passions

CHAPTER 5 Of the selfish Passions

SECTION III Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adverslty upon the Judgement of

Mankind with regard to the Propriety of Action, and why It is more easy to obtain their Approbation in the one state than in the other

CHAPTER 1 That though our sympathy with sorrow is generally a more lively

sensation than our sympathy with joy, it commonly falls much more

short of the violence of what is naturally felt by the person principally

concerned

CHAPTER 2 Of the origin of Ambition, and of the distinction of Ranks

CHAPTER 3 Of the corruption of our moral sentiments, which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great, and to despise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition

PART 2 Of MERIT and DEMERIT; or of the OBJECTS of REWARD and

PUNISHMENT

SECTION I Of the Sense of Merit and Demerit

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 That whatever appears to be the proper object of gratitude appears to deserve reward; and that, in the same manner, whatever appears to be he proper object of resentment, appears to deserve punishment

CHAPTER 2 Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentment

CHAPTER 3 That where there is no approbation of the conduct of the person who confers the benefit, there is little sympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it: and that, on the contrary, where there is no disapprobation of the motives of the person who does the mischief, there, is no sort of sympathy with the resentment of him who suffers it

CHAPTER 4 Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters

CHAPTER 5 The analysis of the sense of Merit and Demerit

SECTION II Of Justice and Beneficence

CHAPTER 1 Comparison of those two virtues

CHAPTER 2 Of the sense of Justice, of Remorse, and of the consciousness of Merit

CHAPTER 3 Of the utility of this constitution of Nature

SECTION III Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Sentiments of Mankind, with regard to the Merit or Demerit of Actions

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Of the causes of this Influence of Fortune

CHAPTER 2 Of the extent of this Influence of Fortune

CHAPTER 3 Of the final cause of this Irregularity of Sentiments

PART 3 Of the FOUNDATION of our JUDGMENTS concernlng our own SENTIMENTS and CONDUCT, and of the SENSE of DUTY

CHAPTER 1 Of the Principle of Self-approbation and of Self-disapprobation

CHAPTER 2 Of the love of Praise, and of that of Praise-worthiness; and of thedread of Blame, and of that of Blame-worthiness

CHAPTER 3 Of the Influence and Authority of Conscience

CHAPTER 4 Of the Nature of Self-deceit, and of the Origin and Use of general Rules

CHAPTER 5 Of the influence and authority of the general Rules of Morality, andthat they are justly regarded as the Laws of the Deity

CHAPTER 6 In what cases the Sense of Duty ought to be the sole principle of ourconduct; and in what cases it ought to concur with other motives

PART 4 Of the EFFECT of UTILITY upon the SENTIMENT of APPROBATION

CHAPTER 1 Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon all the productions of art, and of the extensive influence of this species-of Beauty

CHAPTER 2 Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon the characters and actions of men; and how far the perception of this beauty may be regarded as one of the original principles of approbation

PART 5 Of the INFLUENCE of CUSTOM and FASHION upon the SENTIMENTS of MORAL APPROBATION and DISAPPROBATION

CHAPTER 1 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon our notions of Beauty and Deformity

CHAPTER 2 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon Moral Sentiments

PART 6 Of The CHARACTER of VIRTUE

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I Of the Character of the Individual, so far as it affects his own Happiness; or of Prudence

SECTION II Of the Character of the Indlvldual, so far as it can affect the Happiness of other People

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Of the Order in which Individuals are recommended by Nature to out Care and Attention

CHAPTER 2 Of the Order in which Societies are by Nature recommended to out Beneficence

CHAPTER 3 Of universal Benevolence

SECTION III Of Self-command

CONCLUSION OFTHE SIXTH PART

PART 7 Of SYSTEMS of MORAL PHILOSOPHY

SECTION I Of the Questions which ought to be examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments

SECTION II Of the different Accounts which have been Oiven of the Nature of Virtue

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Propriety

CHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence

CHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Benevolence

CHAPTER4 Of licentious Systems

SECTION III Of the different Systems which have been formed concerning, the Principle of Approbation

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which deduce the Principle of Approbation from Self-love

CHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Reason the Principle of Approbation

CHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Sentiment the Principle of Approbation

SECTION IV Of the Manner in which different Authors have treated of the practical Rules of Morality