PART II

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Of Merit and Demerit; or of the objects of reward and punishment.

SECTION I.

Of the sense of merit and demerit 97

CHAP. I. _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_ 98

CHAP. II. _Of the proper objects of gratitude and resentment_ 102

CHAP. III. _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_ 106

CHAP. IV. _Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters_ 109

CHAP. V. _The analysis of the sense of merit and demerit_ 112

SECTION II.

Of justice and beneficence 119

CHAP. I. _Comparison of those two virtues_ ibid.

CHAP. II. _Of the sense of justice, of remorse, and of the consciousness of merit_ 126

CHAP. III. _Of the utility of this constitution of nature_ 132

SECTION III.

Of the influence of fortune upon the sentiments of mankind, with regard to the merit or demerit of actions 145

CHAP. I. _Of the causes of this influence of fortune_ 148

CHAP. II. _Of the extent of this influence of fortune_ 154

CHAP. III. _Of the final cause of this irregularity of sentiments_ 167

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