182
Important relation between Moral Emotions and
voluntary Intellectual Processes 183

APPENDIX TO PART III.

Sec. 1.--OF THE ORIGIN AND IMMUTABILITY OF MORAL
DISTINCTIONS AND THEORIES OF MORALS 190

Origin of Our Idea of Virtue and Vice 193

System of Mandeville 195

System of Clarke and Wollaston 197

System of Utility 198

Selfish System 199

System of Paley 201

Defect of these Systems in not acknowledging the
Supreme Authority of Conscience 206

Objections to the belief of a uniformity of Moral
Feeling which have been founded on the practices
of barbarous nations 216

System of Dr. Smith, or Theory of Sympathy 219

Province of Reason in Moral Decisions 222

Remarks on the Observations of some late
Writers respecting the Corruption of Conscience 227

Sec. 2.--OF THE HARMONY OF THE MORAL FEELINGS 231

Consistency of Character arising from this Harmony,--and
Defects of Character to which it is
opposed 237

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PART IV.

OF THE MORAL RELATION OF MAN
TOWARDS THE DEITY 243

View of the Divine Character in reference to this Regulation 244

Regulation of the Moral Feelings which ought to arise out
of it 245

1. Habitual effort to cultivate a Sense of the Divine
Presence, and to regulate the Moral
Feelings and Character by it 245

2. Submission to the appointments of Providence 252

3. Sense of Moral Imperfection and Guilt, and
Supplication for Mercy, with Reliance on
Divine Aid 254

4. Sense of Gratitude, Affection, and Love