...are capable; and the means which it employs are rules for the right conduct of our various faculties. .Moral philosophy has this in common with Natural...Nature or FACT, depends on observation, and builds its reasoning on the fair ground of Experiment. It does not inquire what a man might have been, but what...

...attainment of happiness; and the means it employs are rules fur the right conduct uf our moral powers. Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural Philosophy,...which the subject will admit. We must observe, in both tlieje sciences, how nature is affected, and what her conduct is in such and such circumstances : Or,...

...'•M:rai p.Kl^sophy has " this in common wi:h ra:ural philosophy, that " it apjioals to na:ure, or to fact : depends on " observation; and builds its reasonings...admit. We must observe, in " both these sciences, how nature is affected, " and what her conduct is in snch and such " circumstances ; or, in other words,...

...clear view of the fallacious principle that forms the radical error of all theories of morals. • " Moral Philosophy has this in common with natural philosophy, that it appeals to nature, or to fact; depends on observation ; and builds its reasonings on plain, uncontroverted experiments, or...

...clear view of the fallacious principle that forms the radical error of all theories of morals. ' " Moral Philosophy has this in common with natural philosophy, that it appeals to nature, or to fact ; depends on observation ; and builds its reasonings on plain, uncontroverted experiments,...

...and connections of our nature, and proves that the observance of them is productive of our happiness. Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural Philosophy,...experiments, or upon the fullest induction of particulars which the subject will admit. Moral Philosophy inquires, not how man might have been, but how he is,...

...and use" of this science and art, the author went on to relate morals to sciences of another sort:18 Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural Philosophy, that it appeals to nature or fact; depends on observations; and builds its reasonings on plain uncontroverted experiments, or upon the fullest induction...

...nature. David Fordyce (1711-51), when he lectured at Marischal College in 1743, told his students that 'Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural...of Particulars of which the Subject will admit.'" He then went on to describe man's moral powers and their relation to conduct, and he emphasized the...

...draw parallels between the method employed by both the natural and moral philosopher, writing that 'Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural...on observation; and builds its reasonings on plain uncomroverted experiments, or upon the fullest indication of particulars, of which the subject will...

...of Bacon than of Newton that David Fordyce writes: Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natur.il Philosophy, that it appeals to Nature or Fact; depends...its Reasonings on plain uncontroverted Experiments. . . . [W]e must collect the Phenomena, or Appearances of Nature in any given Instance; trace these...