| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages). |
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text file |
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Natural law and enlightenment classics
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Natural law and enlightenment classics.
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Online library of liberty.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Title from web site as viewed on 09/24/2005. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Duty.
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Duty. |
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
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Philosophy -- History.
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Philosophy. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, Thomas D., 1955-
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Liberty Fund.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fordyce, David, 1711-1751. Elements of moral philosophy, in three books with a brief account of the nature, progress, and origin of philosophy. Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, ©2003 086597389X (DLC) 2002034133 (OCoLC)50717698 |
| ISBN |
9781614877967 (electronic book) |
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1614877963 (electronic book) |
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086597389X |
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9780865973893 |
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0865973903 |
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9780865973909 |
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