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PART 1 Of the PROPRIETY of ACTIONSECTION I Of the See of ProprietyCHAPTER 1 Of SympathyCHAPTER 2 Of the Pleasure of mutual SympathyCHAPTER 3 Of the ma PART 1 Of the PROPRIETY of ACTIONSECTION I Of the See of ProprietyCHAPTER 1 Of SympathyCHAPTER 2 Of the Pleasure of mutual SympathyCHAPTER 3 Of the manner in which we judge of the propriety orimpropriety of the Affectio of other Men, by their concord ordissonance with our ownCHAPTER 4 The same subject continuedCHAPTER 5 Of the amiable and respectable virtuesSECTION II Of the Deg rees of the different Passio which arecoistent withProprietyINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Of the Passio which take their origin from the bodyCHAPTER 2 Of those Passio which take their origin from a particularturn orhabit of the ImaginationCHAPTER 3 Of the uocial PassioCHAPTER 4 Of the social PassioCHAPTER 5 Of the selfish PassioSECTION III Of the Effects of Prosperity and Advelty upon theJudgement ofMankind with regard to the Propriety of Action, and why It is moreeasy to obtain their Approbation in the one state than in the otherCHAPTER 1 That though our sympathy with sorrow is generally a morelivelyseation than our sympathy with joy, it commonly falls much moreshort of the violence of what is naturally felt by the peonprincipallyconcernedCHAPTER 2 Of the origin of Ambition, and of the distinction ofRanksCHAPTER 3 Of the corruption of our moral sentiments, which isoccasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great,and to despise or neglect peo of poor and mean condition PART 2 Of MERIT and DEMERIT; or of the OBJECTS of REWARD andPUNISHMENTSECTION I Of the See of Merit and DemeritINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 That whatever appea to be the proper object of gratitudeappea to deserve reward; and that, in the same manner, whateverappea to be he proper object of resentment, appea to deservepunishmentCHAPTER 2 Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentmentCHAPTER 3 That where there is no approbation of the conduct of thepeon who confe the benefit, there is little sympathy with thegratitude of him who receives it: and that, on the contrary, wherethere is no disapprobation of the motives of the peon who does themischief, there, is no sort of sympathy with the resentment of himwho suffe itCHAPTER 4 Recapitulation of the foregoing chapteCHAPTER 5 The analysis of the see of Merit and DemeritSECTION II Of Justice and BeneficenceCHAPTER 1 Comparison of those two virtuesCHAPTER 2 Of the see of Justice, of Remoe, and of the cociousnessof MeritCHAPTER 3 Of the utility of this cotitution of NatureSECTION III Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Sentiments ofMankind, with regard to the Merit or Demerit of ActioINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Of the causes of this Influence of FortuneCHAPTER 2 Of the extent of this Influence of FortuneCHAPTER 3 Of the final cause of this Irregularity of SentimentsPART 3 Of the FOUNDATION of our JUDGMENTS concernlng our ownSENTIMENTS and CONDUCT, and of the SENSE of DUTYCHAPTER 1 Of the Principle of Self-approbation and ofSelf-disapprobationCHAPTER 2 Of the love of Praise, and of that of Praise-worthiness;and of thedread of Blame, and of that of Blame-worthinessCHAPTER 3 Of the Influence and Authority of CocienceCHAPTER 4 Of the Nature of Self-deceit, and of the Origin and Useof general RulesCHAPTER 5 Of the influence and authority of the general Rules ofMorality, andthat they are justly regarded as the Laws of the DeityCHAPTER 6 In what cases the See of Duty ought to be the soleprinciple of ourconduct; and in what cases it ought to concur withother motivesPART 4 Of the EFFECT of UTILITY upon the SENTIMENT of APPROBATIONCHAPTER 1 Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility bestowsupon all the productio of art, and of the exteive influence of thisspecies-of BeautyCHAPTER 2 Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility bestowsupon the characte and actio of men; and how far the perception ofthis beauty may be regarded as one of the original principles ofapprobationPART 5 Of the INFLUENCE of CUSTOM and FASHION upon the SENTIMENTSof MORAL APPROBATION and DISAPPROBATIONCHAPTER 1 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon our notio ofBeauty and DeformityCHAPTER 2 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon MoralSentimentsPART 6 Of The CHARACTER of VIRTUEINTRODUCTIONSECTION I Of the Character of the Individual, so far as it affectshis own Happiness; or of PrudenceSECTION II Of the Character of the Indlvldual, so far as it canaffect the Happiness of other PeopleINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Of the Order in which Individuals are recommended byNature to out Care and AttentionCHAPTER 2 Of the Order in which Societies are by Nature recommendedto out BeneficenceCHAPTER 3 Of univeal BenevolenceSECTION III Of Self-commandCONCLUSION OFTHE SIXTH PARTPART 7 Of SYSTEMS of MORAL PHILOSOPHYSECTION I Of the Questio which ought to be examined in a Theory ofMoral SentimentsSECTION II Of the different Accounts which have been Oiven of theNature of VirtueINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which make Virtue coist in ProprietyCHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Virtue coist in PrudenceCHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Virtue coist in BenevolenceCHAPTER4 Of licentious SystemsSECTION III Of the different Systems which have been formedconcerning, the Principle of ApprobationINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which deduce the Principle ofApprobation from Self-loveCHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Reason the Principle ofApprobationCHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Sentiment the Principle ofApprobationSECTION IV Of the Manner in which different Autho have treated ofthe practical Rules of Morality