Theory of moral sentiments

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