Part Ⅰ Of the Propriety of Action 3
Section Ⅰ Of the Sense of Propriety 5
Section Ⅱ Of the Degrees of the Different Passions Which Are Consistent with Propriety 30
Section Ⅲ Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adversity upon the Judgment 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 65
Part Ⅱ Of Merit and Demerit;or,of the Objects of Reward 109
Section Ⅰ Of the Sense of Merit and Demerit 111
Section Ⅱ Of Justice and Beneficence 131
Section Ⅲ Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Sentiments of Mankind,with regard to the Merit or Demerit of Actions 150
Part Ⅲ Of the Foundation of Our Judgments Concerning Our Own Sentiments and Conduct,and of the Sense of Duty 185
Part Ⅳ Of the Effect of Utility upon the Sentiment of Approbation 295
Part Ⅴ Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon the Sentiments of Moral Approbation and Disapprobation 323
Part Ⅵ Of the Character of Virtue 353
Section Ⅰ Of the Character of the Individual,so far as it affects his own Happiness;or of Prudence 355
Section Ⅱ Of the Character of the Individual,so far as it can affect the Happiness of other People 364
Section Ⅲ Of Self-command 405
Conclusion of the Six Part 442
Part Ⅶ Of Systems of Moral Philosophy 447
Section Ⅰ Of the Questions which ought to be examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments 449
Section Ⅱ Of the different Accounts which have been given of the Nature of Virtue 453
Section Ⅲ Of the different Systems which have been formed concerning the Principle of Approbation 525
Section Ⅳ Of the Manner in which different Authors have treated of the practical Rules of Morality 545