PART VI

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Of Systems of Moral Philosophy.

SECTION I.

Of the questions which ought to be examined in a theory of moral sentiments 291

SECTION II.

Of the different accounts which have been given of the nature of virtue 294

CHAP. I. _Of those systems which make virtue consist in propriety_ 295

CHAP. II. _Of those systems which make virtue consist in prudence_ 311

CHAP. III. _Of those systems which make virtue consist in benevolence_ 321

CHAP. IV. _Of licentious systems_ 331

SECTION III.

Of the different systems which have been formed concerning the principle of approbation 345

CHAP. I. _Of those systems which deduce the principle of approbation from self-love_ 346

CHAP. II. _Of those systems which make reason the principle of approbation_ 350

CHAP. III. _Of those systems which make sentiment the principle of approbation_ 356

SECTION IV.

Of the manner in which different authors have treated of the practical rules of morality 367

_Considerations concerning the first formation of languages, and the different genius of original and compound languages_ 389

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