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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 given of the nature of Virtue.

Introduction.

Chap. I. Of those systems which make Virtue consist in propriety.

Chap. II. Of those systems which make Virtue consist in prudence.

Chap. III. Of those systems which make Virtue consist in benevolence.

Chap. IV. Of licentious Systems.

Section III. Of the different Systems which have been formed concerning the Principle of Approbation.

Introduction.

Chap. I. Of those systems which deduce the principle of Approbation from Self-love.

Chap. II. Of those systems which make Reason the principle of Approbation.

Chap. III. 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.

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