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Title: A Manual of Moral Philosophy

Author: Andrew Preston Peabody

Release Date: December 14, 2008 [Ebook #27531]

Language: English

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A Manual of Moral Philosophy

Designed For

Colleges and High Schools.

By

Andrew P. Peabody, D.D., LL.D.

Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard University.

New York and Chicago:

A. S. Barnes And Company

1873

CONTENTS

Preface.
Chapter 1. Action.
Chapter II. The Springs Of Action.
Section I. The Appetites.
Section II. The Desires.
Section III. The Affections.
Chapter III. The Governing Principles Of Action.
Chapter IV. The Right.
Chapter V. Means And Sources Of Knowledge As To Right And Wrong.
Section I. Conscience.
Section II. Sources Of Knowledge. 1. Observation, Experience, And
Tradition.
Section III. Sources Of Knowledge. 2. Law.
Section IV. Sources Of Knowledge. 3. Christianity.
Chapter VI. Rights And Obligations.
Chapter VII. Motive, Passion, And Habit.
Chapter VIII. Virtues, And The Virtues.
Chapter IX. Prudence; Or Duties To One's Self.
Section I. Self-Preservation.
Section II. The Attainment Of Knowledge.
Section III. Self-Control.
Section IV. Moral Self-Culture.
Chapter X. Justice; Or, Duties To One's Fellow-Beings.
Section I. Duties To God.
Section II. Duties Of The Family.
Section III. Veracity.
Section IV. Honesty.
Section V. Beneficence.
Chapter XI. Fortitude; Or Duties With Reference To Unavoidable Evils And
Sufferings.
Section I. Patience.
Section II. Submission.
Section III. Courage.
Chapter XII. Order; Or Duties As To Objects Under One's Own Control.
Section I. Time.
Section II. Place.
Section III. Measure.
Section IV. Manners.
Section V.