Wayland: The Elements of Moral Science

• Title Page, Prefaces

Book I:   Theoretical Ethics

• CHAP. 1st:   Of the Origin of Our Notion of the Moral Quality of Actions
  • SECT. 1:   Of Moral Law
  • SECT. 2:   What Is a Moral Action?
  • SECT. 3:   In What Part of an Action Do We Discover its Moral Quality?
  • SECT. 4:   Whence Do We Derive Our Notion of the Moral Quality of Actions?
• CHAP. 2nd:   Conscience, or The Moral Sense
  • SECT. 1:   Is There a Conscience?
  • SECT. 2:   Of the Manner in Which the Decision of Conscience Is Expressed
  • SECT. 3:   The Authority of Conscience
  • SECT. 4:   Law by Which Conscience Is Governed
  • SECT. 5:   Rules for Moral Conduct
• CHAP. 3rd:   The Nature of Virtue
  • SECT. 1:   Of Virtue in General
  • SECT. 2:   Of Virtue in Imperfect Beings
• CHAP. 4th:   Human Happiness
• CHAP. 5th:   Of Self-Love
• CHAP. 6th:   Imperfection of Conscience; Necessity of Some Additional Moral Light
• CHAP. 7th:   Of Natural Religion
  • SECT. 1:   Of the Manner in Which We Learn Our Duty by the Light of Nature
  • SECT. 2:   How Far We May Learn Our Duty by the Light of Nature
  • SECT. 3:   Prefects of the System of Natural Religion
• CHAP. 8th:   Relations Between Natural and Revealed Religion
• CHAP. 9th:   The Holy Scriptures
  • SECT. 1:   A View of the Holy Scriptures
  • SECT. 2:   In What Manner Are We to Ascertain Our Duty by the Holy Scriptures?

Book II:   Practical Ethics

• PART 1st:   Love to God, or Piety
  • CHAP. 1st:   General Obligation to Supreme Love to God
  • CHAP. 2nd:   Of a Devotional Spirit
  • CHAP. 3rd:   Of Prayer
  • CHAP. 4th:   Observance of the Sabbath
• PART 2nd:   Duties to Man.
  • DIVISION 1st:   Reciprocity – General Principles Illustrated, And The Duties of Reciprocity Classified
    • CLASS 1st:   Justice and Veracity
    • OF JUSTICE
      • CHAP. 1st:   Personal Liberty
        • SECT. 1:   Nature of Personal Liberty
        • SECT. 2:   Modes in Which Personal Liberty May Be Violated
      • CHAP. 2nd:   Justice as it Respects Property
        • SECT. 1:   The Right of Property
        • SECT. 2:   Modes in Which the Right of Property May Be Violated by the Individual
        • SECT. 3:   Right of Property as Violated by Society
      • CHAP. 3rd:   Justice as it Respects Character
      • CHAP. 4th:   Justice as it Respects Reputation
    • OF VERACITY
      • CHAP. 1st:   Veracity of the Past and Present
      • CHAP. 2nd:   Veracity in Respect to the Future
      • CHAP. 3rd:   Of Oaths
    • CLASS 2nd:   Duties Which Arise From the Constitution of the Sexes
      • CHAP. 1st. General Duty of Chastity
      • CHAP. 2nd:   The Law of Marriage
      • CHAP. 3rd:   The Law of Parents
      • CHAP. 4th:   The Law of Children
    • CLASS 3rd:   Duties to Man, as a Member of Civil Society
      • CHAP. 1st:   Of Civil Society
        • SECT. 1:   Of a Simple Society
        • SECT. 2:   Of Civil Society
      • CHAP. 2nd:   Of The Mode in Which The Objects of Society Are Accomplished
      • CHAP. 3rd:   Duties of the Officers of a Government
      • CHAP. 4th:   Duties of Citizens
  • DIVISION 2nd:   The Law of Benevolence
    • CHAP. 1st:   General Obligation, and Division of the Subject
    • CHAP. 2nd:   Benevolence to the Unhappy
      • SECT. 1:   Unhappiness from Physical Condition
      • SECT. 2:   Unhappiness from Intellectual Condition
    • CHAP. 3rd:   Benevolence to the Wicked
    • CHAP. 4th:   Benevolence to the Injurious
• NOTE:   Our Duty to Brutes