PART 1 Of the PROPRIETY of ACTION 2
SECTION Ⅰ Of the Sense of Propriety 2
CHAPTER 1 Of Sympathy 2
CHAPTER 2 Of the Pleasure of mutual Sympathy 7
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 10
CHAPTER 4 The same subject continued 13
CHAPTER 5 Of the amiable and respectable virtues 18
SECTION Ⅱ Of the Degrees of the different Passions which are consistent with Propriety 22
INTRODUCTION 22
CHAPTER 1 Of the Passions which take their origin from the body 23
CHAPTER 2 Of those Passions which take their origin from a particular turn or habit of the Imagination 27
CHAPTER 3 Of the unsocial Passions 30
CHAPTER 4 Of the social Passions 35
CHAPTER 5 Of the selfish Passions 37
SECTION Ⅲ Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adversity upon the Judgement of Mankind with regard to the Propriety of Action;and why it is more easy to obtain their App robation in the one state than in the other 41
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 naturally felt by the person principally concerned 41
CHAPTER 2 Of the origin of Ambition,and of the distinction of Ranks 47
CHAPTER 3 Of the corruption of our moral sentiments,which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great,and to despise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition 57
PART 2 Of MERIT and DEMERIT;or of the OBJECTS of REWARD and PUNISHMENT 64
SECTION Ⅰ Of the Sense of Merit and Demerit 64
INTRODUCTION 64
CHAPTER 1 That whatever appears to be the proper object of gratitude appears to deserve reward;and that,in the same manner,whatever appears to be the proper object of resentment,appears to deserve punishment 64
CHAPTER 2 Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentment 66
CHAPTER 3 That where there is no approbation of the conduct of the person who confers the benefit,there is little sympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it:and that,on the contrary,where there is no disapprobation of the motives of the person who does the mischief,there is no sort of sympathy with the resentment of him who suffers it 69
CHAPTER 4 Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters 70
CHAPTER 5 The analysis of the sense of Merit and Demerit 72
SECTION Ⅱ Of Justice and Beneficence 77
CHAPTER 1 Comparison of those two virtues 77
CHAPTER 2 Of the sense ofJustice,of Remorse,and of the consciousness of Merit 81
CHAPTER 3 Of the utility of this constitution of Nature 85
SECTION Ⅲ Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Sentiments of Mankind,with regard to the Merit or Demerit of Actions 92
INTRODUCTION 92
CHAPTER 1 Of the causes of this Influence of Fortune 93
CHAPTER 2 Of the extent of this Influence of Fortune 97
CHAPTER 3 Of the final cause of this Irregularity of Sentiments 105
PART 3 Of the FOUNDATION of our JUDGMENTS concerning our own SENTIMENTS and CONDUCT,and of the SENSE of DUTY 110
CHAPTER 1 Of the Principle of Self-approbation and of Self-disapprobation 110
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 113
CHAPTER 3 Of the Influence and Authority of Conscience 131
CHAPTER 4 Of the Nature of Self-deceit,and of the Origin and Use of general Rules 153
CHAPTER 5 Of the influence and authority of the general Rules of Mo rality,and that they are iustly regarded as the Laws of the Deity 159
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 168
PART 4 Of the EFFECT of UTI LITY upon the SENTIMENT of APPROBATION 178
CHAPTER 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 178
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 186
PART 5 Of the INFLUENCE of CUSTOM and FASHION upon the SENTIMENTS of MORAL APPROBATION and DISAPPROBATION 194
CHAPTER 1 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon our notions of Beauty and Deformity 194
CHAPTER 2 Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon Moral Sentiments 200
PART 6 Of The CHARACTER of VIRTUEINTRODUCTION 214
INTRODUCTION 214
SECTION Ⅰ Of the Cha racter of the Individual,So far as it affects his own Happiness;or of Prudence 214
SECTION Ⅱ Of the Character of the Individual,So far as it can affect the Happiness of other People 221
CHAPTER 1 Of the Order in which Individuals are recommended by Nature to our Care and Attention 222
CHAPTER 2 Of the Order in which Societies are by Nature recommended to our Beneficence 231
CHAPTER 3 Of universal Benevolence 238
SECTION Ⅲ Of Self-command 242
CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTH PART 268
PART 7 Of SYSTEMS of MORAL PHILOSOPHY 272
SECTION Ⅰ Of the Questions which ought to be examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments 272
SECTION Ⅱ Ofthe different Accountswhich have beengiven ofthe Nature ofVirtue 274
INTRODUCTION 274
CHAPTER 1 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Propriety 275
CHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence 298
CHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Benevolence 303
CHAPTER 4 Of licentious Systems 309
SECTION Ⅲ Of the different Systems which have been formed concerning the Principle of Approbation 317
INTRODUCTION 317
CHAPTER 1 Ofthose Systemswhich deduce the Principle ofApprobation from Self-love 318
CHAPTER 2 Of those Systems which make Reason the Principle of Approbation 320
CHAPTER 3 Of those Systems which make Sentiment the Principle of Approbation 323
SECTION Ⅳ Of the Manner in which different Authors have treated of the practical Rules of Morality 330