CONTENTS.

MORAL GOVERNMENT.

Definition of the the term Law,

Distinction between Physical and Moral Law,

The essential Attributes of Moral Law,

Practicability,

Independence,

Immutability,

LECTURE I.

Liberty as opposed to Necessity,

Adaptability, or Adaptation,

Universality,

Uniformity,

Impartiality,

Justice,

Unity,

Equity,

Expediency,

Exclusiveness,

Utility,

LECTURE II.

MORAL GOVERNMENT,-CONTINUED.

Definition of the term Government

Distinction between moral and physical government,

The fundamental reason of Moral Government,

Whose right it is to govern,

What is implied in the right to govern,

Point out the limits of this right,

What is implied in Moral Government,

Definition of Moral Obligation,

The conditions of Moral Obligation,

Remarks,

LECTURE III.

MORAL GOVERNMENT, -CONTINUED.

Man a subject of Moral Obligation,

Extent of Moral Obligation,

Shown by an appeal to reason, or to natural theology, to

what acts and states of mind moral obligation cannot

directly extend,

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Shown to what acts and states of mind Moral Obliga-

tion must directly extend,

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To what acts and mental states Moral Obligation indi-

rectly extends,

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LECTURE IV.

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FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION.

Definition of Moral Obligation repeated,

Attention called again to the conditions of Moral Obliga-

tion,

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What is intended by the foundation of moral obligation, 41

The extent of moral obligation, -
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Points of agreement among the principal parties in this

discussion,

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Wherein parties differ,

Shown from reason and revelation what must be the foun-

dation of moral obligation,

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Shown wherein that consists which constitutes the true

foundation of moral obligation; in other words, in

what the highest well-being or ultimate good of senti-

ent beings consists,

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The ultimate and absolute good must belong to being, or

to sentient existences,

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With moral agents at least the ultimate good must con-

sist in a state of mind,

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The ultimate and absolute good in the sense of the in-

trinsically valuable, can not be identical with Moral

Law,
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Obedience, or the course of acting or willing required by

the law, cannot be the ultimate end aimed at by the

law or the lawgiver,

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The absolute and ultimate good of being can not consist

in moral worth or good desert,

Right Character, moral worth, good desert, meritorious-

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ness, or whatever you call it, can not be or consist in a

state of mind,

The ultimate or absolute good can not consist in any

thing external to mind itself,

Objections to this philosophy considered,

LECTURE V.

FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION,-FALSE THEORIES.

That the sovereign will of God is the foundation of mor-

al Obligation,

The theory of Paley,

The utilitarian philosophy,

LECTURE VI.

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LECTURE VII.

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FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION,-FALSE THEORIES.

The theory that regards right as the foundation of moral

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obligation,

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FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION,-FALSE THEORIES.

The theory that the goodness or moral excellence of God

is the foundation of moral obligation,
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LECTURE VIII.

FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION,-FALSE THEORIES.

The Philosophy which teaches that moral order is the

foundation of moral obligation,
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The theory that maintains that the nature and relations

of moral beings is the true foundation of moral obli-

gation,

The theory that teaches that moral obligation is found-

ed in the idea of duty,

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That philosophy which teaches the complexity of the

foundation of moral obligation,

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Another form of the theory that affirms the complexity

of the foundation of moral obligation; complex, how-

ever, only in a certain sense,

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LECTURE IX.

FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION.-PRACTICAL BEARINGS

OF THE DIFFERENT THEORIES.

The theory that regards the sovereign will of God as

the foundation of moral obligation,

The theory of the selfish school,

The natural and necessary results of utilitarianism,

LECTURE X.

FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION. PRACTICAL BEARINGS

OF THE DIFFERENT THEORIES,-CONTINUED.

Practical bearings and tendency of Rightarianism,

The philosophy which teaches that the divine goodness

or moral excellence is the foundation of moral obli-

gation,

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The theory which teaches that moral order is the foun-

dation of moral obligation, -

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The practical bearings of the theory that moral obliga-

tion is founded in the nature and relations of moral

agents,

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The theory which teaches that the idea of duty is the

foundation of moral obligation, -

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The complexity of the foundation of moral obligation, 146

The practical bearings of what is regarded as the true

theory of the foundation of moral obligation, namely

that the highest well-being of God and of the uni-

verse is the sole foundation of moral obligation,

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LECTURE XI.

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An intelligent choice must respect ends or means,

No choice whatever can be made inconsistent with the

MORAL GOVERNMENT,- -CONTINUED.

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What constitutes obedience to moral law,

Obedience cannot be partial in the sense that the sub-

ject ever does or can partly obey and partly disobey

at the same time,

Can the will at the same time make opposite choices? 150

The choice of an ultimate end is, and must be, the su-

preme preference of the mind,

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present choice of an ultimate end,

Inquiry respecting the strength or intensity of the

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choice,

The law does not require the constant and most intense

action of the will,

LECTURE XII.

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Remarks, -

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An intention cannot be right and honest in kind and

deficient in the degree of intensity,

Examination of the philosophy of the question whether

sin and holiness consist in supreme ultimate and op-

posite choices or intentions,

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Objections to the foregoing philosophy considered,

This philosophy examined in the light of the Scriptures, 171

LECTURE XIII.

MORAL GOVERNMENT-CONTINUED.

In what sense we have seen that obedience to moral

law cannot be partial,

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In what sense obedience to moral law can be partial, 175

The government of God accepts nothing as virtue but

obedience to the law of God,

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Nothing can be virtue that is not just what the moral law

demands. That is, nothing short of what it requires

can be in any sense virtue,

Uses of the term Justification,

Fundamentally important inquiries respecting this sub-

There can be no rule of duty but moral law,

Nothing can be virtue or true religion but obedience to

the moral law,

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MORAL GOVERNMENT-CONTINUED.

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What constitutes obedience to moral law,

Just rules of legal interpretation,

That actual knowledge is indispensable to moral obliga-

tion shown from scripture,

In the light of the above rules inquire what is not implied

in entire obedience to the law of God,

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