A Manual of Moral Philosophy

Designed For

Colleges and High Schools.

By

Andrew P. Peabody, D.D., LL.D.

Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard University.

New York and Chicago:

A. S. Barnes And Company

1873

Contents

• Preface.
• Chapter 1. Action.
• Chapter II. The Springs Of Action.
• Section I. The Appetites.
• Section II. The Desires.
• Section III. The Affections.
• Chapter III. The Governing Principles Of Action.
• Chapter IV. The Right.
• Chapter V. Means And Sources Of Knowledge As To Right And Wrong.
• Section I. Conscience.
• Section II. Sources Of Knowledge. 1. Observation, Experience, And Tradition.
• Section III. Sources Of Knowledge. 2. Law.
• Section IV. Sources Of Knowledge. 3. Christianity.
• Chapter VI. Rights And Obligations.
• Chapter VII. Motive, Passion, And Habit.
• Chapter VIII. Virtues, And The Virtues.
• Chapter IX. Prudence; Or Duties To One's Self.
• Section I. Self-Preservation.
• Section II. The Attainment Of Knowledge.
• Section III. Self-Control.
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