The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 1

The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy presents the first masterpiece of Scottish Common Sense philosophy. This two-volume treatise is important for its wide range of insights about the nature of the human mind, the foundations of morals, and the relationship between morality and religion. In order to understand the Enlightenment in Scotland, Turnbull’s work must be put next to that of Francis Hutcheson. In the first volume, The Principles of Moral Philosophy, Turnbull presents a detailed study of the faculties of the human mind and their interrelations. He contends that moral philosophy should be treated as one part, the highest part, of natural philosophy, and not as a field requiring its own distinctive methodology.
The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 1: The Principles of Moral Philosophy, ed. and with an Introduction by Alexander Broadie (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005).
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- Author: George Turnbull
- Editor: Alexander Broadie
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- A NOTE ON THE TEXT
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- THE PRINCIPLES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
- THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY
- PREFACEEdition: 1740; Page: [i]
- PART I
- THE CONTENTS Digested into a Regular Summary.
- THE CONTENTS Digested into a Regular Summary.
- IntroductionEdition: 1740; Page: [1]
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- Phenomena belonging to the general law of power.A table of the phenomena, good and bad belonging to human nature, or resulting from its contexture.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 1.: To the laws of knowledge.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 2.: To the laws of the sensible world and our union with it.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 3.: To the laws of association of ideas and habits.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 4.: To the laws of our moral sense, reason and moral conduct.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 5.: To the laws of interest and happiness, or of private and public good.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 6.: To the laws of society, our social make and our mutual dependence.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- 7.: To the law of religion.
- Goods.
- Evils.
- CHAPTER IX
- PART II
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CONCLUSION
- Corolary I
- Corolary II
- Corolary III
- Corolary IV
- Corolary V
- Corolary VI
- Corolary VII
- Corolary VIII
- Corolary IX
- Corolary X
- Corolary XI
- Corolary XII
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