قراءة كتاب The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings
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PART III.
OF THE MORAL PRINCIPLE, OR CONSCIENCE | 155 |
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Proofs of the Existence of Conscience as a Distinct Principle of the mind | 156 |
Nature of its Operation as the Regulating Principle | 157 |
Analogy between it and Reason | 158 |
Its Influence in conveying an Impression of the Moral Attributes of the Deity | 163 |
Knowledge derived from this Source | 164 |
Comparison of the Divine Attributes with the Actual State of Man | 167 |
Difficulties arising from this Comparison removed only by the Christian Revelation | 169 |
Mental Process by which the Regulating Power of Conscience is Impaired or Lost | 172 |
Influence of this Condition upon the Judgment in regard to Moral Truth | 176 |
Influence of Attention in Moral Decisions | 179 |
Man's responsibility for his belief | 182 |
Important relation between Moral Emotions and voluntary Intellectual Processes | 183 |
APPENDIX TO PART III.
§ 1.—Of the Origin and Immutability of Moral Distinctions and Theories of Morals | 190 |
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Origin of Our Idea of Virtue and Vice | 193 |
System of Mandeville | 195 |
System of Clarke and Wollaston | 197 |
System of Utility | 198 |
Selfish System | 199 |
System of Paley | 201 |
Defect of these Systems in not acknowledging the Supreme Authority of Conscience | 206 |
Objections to the belief of a uniformity of Moral Feeling which have been founded on the practices of barbarous nations | 216 |
System of Dr. Smith, or Theory of Sympathy | 219 |
Province of Reason in Moral Decisions | 222 |
Remarks on the Observations of some late Writers respecting the Corruption of Conscience | 227 |
§ 2.—Of the Harmony of the Moral Feelings | 231 |
Consistency of Character arising from this Harmony,—and Defects of Character to which it is opposed | 237 |