Essays on the Principles of Morality, and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind (1834).

PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.

CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTICES.
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ESSAY I.
PART I.
PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY.

CHAP. I. MORAL OBLIGATIONS.
CHAP II. STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
CHAP. III. SUBORDINATE STANDARDS OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
CHAP. IV. COLLATERAL OBSERVATIONS.
CHAP. V. SCRIPTURE.
CHAP. VI. THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION OF THE WILL OF GOD.

PART II.
SUBORDINATE MEANS OF DISCOVERING THE DIVINE WILL.

CHAP. I. THE LAW OF THE LAND.
CHAP II. THE LAW OF NATURE.
CHAP III. UTILITY.
CHAP IV. THE LAW OF NATIONS—THE LAW OF HONOUR.
SECT. I. THE LAW OF NATIONS.
SECT. II. THE LAW OF HONOUR.

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ESSAY II.
PRIVATE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

CHAP. I. RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS.
CHAP. II. PROPERTY.
CHAP. III. INEQUALITY OF PROPERTY.
CHAP. IV. LITIGATION.—ARBITRATION.
CHAP. V. THE MORALITY OF LEGAL PRACTICE.
CHAP. VI. PROMISES.—LIES.
PROMISES.
LIES.
CHAP. VII. OATHS
THEIR MORAL CHARACTER:
THEIR EFFICACY AS SECURITIES OF VERACITY:
THEIR EFFECTS.
CHAP. VIII. OF PARTICULAR OATHS.
CHAP. IX. IMMORAL AGENCY.
CHAP. X. THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUALS UPON PUBLIC NOTIONS OF MORALITY.
CHAP. XI. INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION.
CHAP. XII. MORAL EDUCATION.
CHAP. XIII. EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAP. XIV. AMUSEMENTS.
CHAP. XV. DUELLING.
CHAP. XVI. SUICIDE.
CHAP. XVII. RIGHTS OF SELF-DEFENCE.

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ESSAY III.
POLITICAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

CHAP. I. PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL TRUTH, AND OF POLITICAL RECTITUDE.
I. [POLITICAL TRUTH].
II. [POLITICAL POWER].
III. [POLITICAL EXERCISE].
CHAP. II. CIVIL LIBERTY.
CHAP. III. POLITICAL LIBERTY.
CHAP. IV. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
CHAP. V. CIVIL OBEDIENCE.
CHAP. VI. FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.
CHAP. VII. POLITICAL INFLUENCE—PARTY—MINISTERIAL UNION.
CHAP. VIII. BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
CHAP. IX. MORAL LEGISLATION.
CHAP. X. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
CHAP. XI. OF THE POPULAR SUBJECTS OF PENAL ANIMADVERSION.
CHAP. XII. OF THE PROPER ENDS OF PUNISHMENT.
CHAP. XIII. THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
CHAP. XIV. RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS.
CHAP. XV. THE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
CHAP. XVI. OF LEGAL PROVISION FOR CHRISTIAN TEACHERS—OF VOLUNTARY PAYMENT, AND OF UNPAID MINISTRY.
CHAP. XVII. PATRIOTISM.
CHAP. XVIII. SLAVERY.
CHAP. XIX. WAR.
CAUSES OF WAR.
CONSEQUENCES OF WAR.
LAWFULNESS OF WAR.
OF THE PROBABLE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF ADHERING TO THE MORAL LAW IN RESPECT TO WAR.
CONCLUSION.

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