From A System of Moral Philosophy

VOLUME ONE Preface Book 1 - Concerning the Constitution of Human Nature, and the Supreme Good 1. Of the Constitution of Human Nature and its Powers and first, the Understanding, Will, and Passions 2. Concerning the finer Powers of Perception 3. Concerning the Ultimate Determinations of Will, and benevolent Affections. 4. Concerning the Moral Sense, or Faculty of perceiving Moral Excellence, and its Supreme Objects 5. The Sense of Honour and Shame explained. The universal Influence of the Moral Sense, and that of honour and their Uniformity. Book 1. Part 2 - An Enquiry into the Supreme Happiness of Mankind 6. How far into the Supreme Sensations, Appetites, Passions and Affections, are in our Power 7. A Comparison of the several sorts of Enjoyment, and the opposite sorts of Uneasiness, to find their importance to Happiness 8. A Comparison of the several Tempers and Characters in point of Happiness or Misery 9. The Duties toward God and first, of just Sentiments concerning his Nature 10. The Affections, Duty, and Worship, to be exercised toward the Deity 11. The Conclusion of this Book, showing the way to the Supreme Happiness of our Nature Book 2 - Containing a Deduction of the more special Laws of Nature, and Duties of Life, previous to Civil Government, and other adventitious States 1. The Circumstances which increase or diminish the Moral Good or Evil of Actions 2. General Rules of Judging about the Morality of Actions, from the Affections exciting them, or opposing them 3. The general Notions of Rights and Laws explained with their Divisions 4. The different States of Men. The State of Liberty not a State of War. The way that private Rights are known. The Necessity of a Social Life 5. The private Rights of Men first, such as are called Natural and the Equality of Men 6. The adventitious Rights, real, and personal. Property or Dominion 7. The Means of acquiring Property. How far it extends. In what Subjects it resides 8. Concerning derived Property, and the Ways of alienating or transferring it 9. Concerning Contracts or Covenants 10. The Obligations in the Use of Speech 11. Concerning Oaths and Vows 12. The Values of Goods in Commerce, and the Nature of Coin 13. The principal Contracts in a Social Life 14. Personal Rights arising from some Actions of the Person obliged, or of him who has the Right 15. The Rights arising from Injuries and Damages, done by others: and the Abolition of Rights 16. Concerning the general Rights of Human Society, or Mankind as a System 17. The extraordinary Rights arising from some singular Necessity 18. How Controversies should be decided in Natural Liberty Book 3 - Of Civil Policy 1. Concerning the adventitious States or permanent Relations: and first, Marriage 2. The Rights and Duties of Parents and Children 3. The Duties and Rights of Masters and Servants 4. The Motives to constitute Civil Government 5. The natural Method of constituting Civil Government, and the essential parts of it 6. The several Forms of Polity, with their principal Advantages and Disadvantages 7. The Rights of Governors, how far they extend 8. The Ways in which Supreme Power is acquired: how far just 9. Of the Nature of Civil Laws and their Execution 10. The Laws of Peace and War 11. The Duration of the Politic Union and the Conclusion.