Om denne bog
OF
MORAL PHILOSOPHY,
AND OF
CHRISTIAN ETHICS.
MINISTER
BY
DANIEL DEWAR, LL.D.
OF THE TRON CHURCH AND PARISH, GLASGOW, AND LATE PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY AND KING'S COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
STOR LIBRARY
NEW-YORE
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. DUNCAN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
BELL & BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH; AND M. OGLE, GLASGOW.
MDCCCXXVI.
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,
Northumberland-court.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
BOOK III.
ON THE GROUNDS AND PRINCIPLES OF MORAL
OBLIGATION.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.-The Intimations of a Supreme Moral Government to
which we are accountable
CHAPTER II.-The Moral Government of God discoverable from the
Light of Nature
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CHAPTER III.-The Moral Government of God is so conducted as to
lead our views to a Future State
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CHAPTER IV.-The Distinctions of Right and Wrong, Immutable
and Eternal
CHAPTER V.-Of the Measure or Rule of Virtue
CHAPTER VI.-The Principle of Expediency proved to be False and
Untenable, from a Consideration of the Moral Character and
Government of God
CHAPTER VII.-The Principle of Expediency proved to be False,
from a Consideration of the Moral Constitution of Man
CHAPTER VIII.-The Principle of Expediency proved to be False,
by a Consideration of the Evils of which its Adoption would
necessarily be productive
CHAPTER IX.-The Principle of Expediency proved to be False,
from its Opposition to Divine Revelation
CHAPTER X.-The Principle of Expediency not countenanced by
the Scripture Doctrine of Reward
CHAPTER XI.-The Principle of Utility proved to be Untenable
from the Incapability of Man to discern the Consequences of
his Actions
CHAPTER XII.-On the different Theories of Morals
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