The Elements of Moral Philosophy in Three Books With a Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)

Though little known today, David Fordyce was an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and closely associated with liberal Dissenters in England. His Elements of Moral Philosophy was a notable contribution to the curriculum in moral philosophy and one of the most widely circulated texts in moral philosophy in the second half of the eighteenth century. Thomas D. Kennedy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Valparaiso University. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. Liberty Fund David Fordyce, The Elements of Moral Philosphy, in Three Books (2003) 1 Front Matter -1 Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics 2 Front View of Marischal College 3 Title Page 5 Publishing and Copyright Details 6 Table of Contents, pp. vii-viii 7 Introduction, pp. ix-xvi 9 Note on the Texts 17 Acknowledgments 18 The Elements of Moral Philosophy, p. 1 19 Book I 21 Preliminaries, p. 3 21 Section I. Of Man and His Connections, p. 7 25 Section II. Of Duty, or Moral Obligation, p. 15 33 Section III. Various Hypotheses Concerning Moral Obligation, p. 29 47 Section IV. The Final Causes of Our Moral Faculties of Perception and Affection, p. 41 59 Book II 71 Section I. The Principal Distintions of Duty, p. 53 71 Section II. Of Man's Duty to Himself. Of the Nature of Good, and the Chief Good, p. 60 78 Section III. Duties to Society, p. 79 97 Chapter I. Filial and Fraternal Duty, p. 79 97 Chapter II. Concerning Marriage, p. 81 99 Chapter III. Of Parental Duty, p. 86 104 Chapter IV. Herile and Servile Duty, p. 88 106 Chapter V. Social Duties of the Private Kind, p. 90 108 Chapter VI. Social Duties of the Commercial Kind, p. 97 115 Chapter VII. Social Duties of the Political Kind, p. 100 118 Section IV. Duty to God, p. 108 126 Book III 137 Section I. Of Practical Ethics, or the Culture of the Mind, p. 119 137 Section II. Motives to Virtue from Personal Happiness, p. 132 150 Section III. Motives to Virtue from the being and Providence of God, p. 147 165 Section IV. Motive to Virtue from the Immortality of the Soul, etc., p. 152 170 Conclusion, p. 161 179 A Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy, p. 165 183 Index, p. 203 221 Printing Details, p. 214 232 End of Book, p. 214 232 David Fordyce ; Edited With An Introduction By Thomas Kennedy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.