Moral philosophy; or, The duties of man, considered in his individual, domestic, social, and religious capacities.

  • Combe, George, 1788-1858.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Moral philosophy; or, The duties of man, considered in his individual, domestic, social, and religious capacities. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Difference between tlie uncertain and the unascertained Difference between structural and functional disease . . The latter as much as the former a result of violating the Organic Laws Prevalence of ignorance of the Organic Laws ...» Moral obligation of these Laws . Duty of parents to educate their children The objects and the means of education . . Duty of parents to equip their children for active life . Duty of parents to inculcate sound views of social life . Changes made by the Reform Act ....... Material provision for children ....... Objection to hereditary titles How wealth should be dist:ibuted Evil of entails ........... Parents have rights as well as duties The Moral and Intellectual powers of children should be appealed to 73 74 75 76 77 77 78 SO 82 83 84 85 85 85 86 87 LECTURE VIII. MAN AS A SOCIAL BEING. Theories of the origin of Society 89 Social life results from the spontaneous action of Man’s Faculties 91 Industry Man’s first social duty 92 Labour a source of pleasure ........ 93 Is labour degrading ? 94 The division of labour indispensable to Man’s welfare . . .94 Gradations of social condition Divine institutions . . . .96 Superior skill the result of Knowledge 97 LECTURE IX. THE CONDITION OF SOCIETY. Why are the immoral and the indolent sometimes successful ? . 98 Mankind influenced chiefly by the Selfish Faculties . . .99 Reasons for expecting improvement in the condition of Society . 101 Man as savage and pastoral . . . , . . , .101 The Agricultural and Commercial stages 102 Tendency of Society to reward virtue 104 Artificial impediments to this 105 Hereditary titles and entails 106 Aristocratic feeling in the United States 106 Is Society destined to advance ? ....... 108 Two views of Human Nature—the one Selfish, the other Moral and Intellectual Supremacy of Selfishness ] ! 112 Effects of keen competition . . . . . , . .113 The present state of British society unsatisfactory. . . .114