Part One Of the PROPRIETY of ACTIONSECTION Ⅰ Of the SENSE of PROPRIETY 3
CHAPTER 1 Of SYMPATHY 3
CHAPTER 2 Of the Pleasure of mutual Sympathy 11
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 16
CHAPTER 4 The same subject continued 20
CHAPTER 5 Of the amiable and respectable virtues 27
SECTION Ⅱ Of the Degrees of the different Passions which are consistent with Propriety 33
CHAPTER 1 Of the Passions which take their origin from the body 34
CHAPTER 2 Of those Passions which take their origin from a particular turn or habit of the Imagination 40
CHAPTER 3 Of the unsocial Passions 45
CHAPTER 4 Of the social Passions 54
CHAPTER 5 Of the selfish Passions 57
SECTION Ⅲ Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adversityupon 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 63
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 natu-rally felt by the person principally concerned 63
CHAPTER 2 Of the origin of Ambition,and of the dis-tinction of Ranks 73
CHAPTER 3 Of the corruption of our moral sentiments,which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great,and to de-spise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition 89
Part Two Of MERIT and DEMERIT;or of the Objects of REWARD and PUNISHMENTSECTION Ⅰ Of the SENSE of MERIT and DEMERIT 101
CHAPTER 1 That whatever appears to be the proper ob-ject of gratitude appears to deserve reward;and that,in the same manner,whatever ap-pears to be the proper object of resentment,appears to deserve punishment 102
CHAPTER 2 Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentment 105
CHAPTER 3 That where there is no approbation of the con-duct of the person who confers the benefit,there is little sympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it:and that,on the contra-ry,where there is no disapprobation of the mo-rives of the perso 109
CHAPTER 4 Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters 112
CHAPTER 5 The analysis of the sense of Merit and Demerit 114
SECTION Ⅱ Of Justice and Beneficence 122
CHAPTER 1 Comparison of those two virtues 122
CHAPTER 2 Of the sense of Justice,of Remorse,and of the consciousness of Merit 129
CHAPTER 3 Of the utility of this constitution of Nature 134
SECTION Ⅲ Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Senti-ments of Mankind,with regard to the Merit or Demerit of Actions 145
CHAPTER 1 Of the causes of this Influence of Fortune 147
CHAPTER 2 Of the extent of this Influence of Fortune 153
CHAPTER 3 Of the final cause of this Irregularity of Sentiments 165
Part Three Of the Foundation of our Judgments concerning our own Sentiments and Conduct,and of the Sense of DutyCHAPTER 1 Of the Principle of Self-approbation and ofSelf-disapprobation 175
CHAPTER 2 Of the love of Praise,and of that of Praise-worthiness;and of the dread of Blame,and of that of Blame-worthiness 180
CHAPTER 3 Of the Influence and Authority of Conscience 208
CHAPTER 4 Of the Nature of Self-deceit,and of the Or-igin and Use of general Rules 242
CHAPTER 5 Of the influence and authority of the gener-al Rules of Morality,and that they are justly regarded as the Laws of the Deity 250
CHAPTER 6 In what cases the Sense of Duty ought to be the sole principle of our conduct;and in what cases it ought to concur with other motives 265
Part Four Of the EFFECT of UTILITY upon the Sentiment of ApprobationCHAPTER 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 281
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 294
Part Five Of the INFLUENCE of CUSTOM and FASHION upon the Sentiments of Moral Approbation and DisapprobationCHAPTER 1 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon our notions of Beauty and Deformity 307
CHAPTER 2 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon Moral Sentiments 316
Part six Of the CHARACTER of VIRTUEINTRODUCTION 339
SECTION Ⅰ Of the Character of the Individual,so far as it affects his own Happiness;or of Prudence 340
SECTION Ⅱ Of the Character of the Individual,so far as it can affect the Happiness of other People 350
INTRODUCTION 350
CHAPTER 1 Of the Order in which Individuals are recom-mended by Nature to our Care and Attention 351
CHAPTER 2 Of the Order in which Societies are by Na-ture recommended to our Beneficence 365
CHAPTER 3 Of universal Benevolence 377
SECTION Ⅲ Of Self-command 382
CONCLUSION of the SIXTH PART 422
Part Seven Of SYSTEMS of MORAL PHILOSOPHYSECTION Ⅰ Of the Questions which ought to be examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments 429
SECTION Ⅱ Of the different Accounts which have been given of the Nature of Virtue 431
INTRODUCTION 431
CHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Propriety 432
CHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence 470
CHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Renevolence 479
CHAPTER 4 Of licentious Systems 489
SECTION Ⅲ Of the different Systems which have been formed concerning the Principle of Approbation 502
INTRODUCTION 502
CHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which deduce the Principle of Approbation from Self-love 503
CHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Reason the Principle of Approbation 507
CHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Sentiment the Principle of Approbation 512
SECTION Ⅳ Of the Manner in which different Authors have treated of the practical Rules of Morality 523