Treatise — Charles Coppens, S.J.

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Name: A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Author: Charles Coppens, S.J.

First published 1895. Coppens's A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy (1895), transcribed page by page from the print with every word preserved; the author's own numbered paragraphs are kept as the anchors of citation. Download: PDF · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Internet Archive.

The American Jesuit college text on ethics: human acts, conscience, law, rights and duties individual and social — the philosophical groundwork the manuals presuppose, stated briefly for students. A companion shelf-mate to Rickaby's fuller Moral Philosophy.

The book’s own contents, as printed: Contents (as printed)

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Title Pages and Approvals
Contents (as printed)
Preface
Introductionnn. 1–4
Book I: The Direction of Human Acts in Generaln. 5
Chapter I: The End to Which Human Acts are to be Directednn. 6–35
Chapter II: The Morality of Human Actsnn. 36–79
Chapter III: Law the Rule of Human Actsnn. 80–112
Book II: The Rights and Duties of Individualsn. 113
Chapter I: Rights and Duties in Generalnn. 114–122
Chapter II: Our Duties to Godnn. 123–141
Chapter III: Our Duties to Ourselvesnn. 142–145
Chapter IV: Our Rights and Duties Towards Our Fellow-mennn. 146–169
Chapter V: Rights of Ownership in Material Propertynn. 170–192
Book III: Social Rights and Duties
Chapter I: Society in Generalnn. 193–199
Chapter II: Domestic Societynn. 200–220
Chapter III: Civil Societynn. 221–254
Chapter IV: International Lawnn. 255–266
Alphabetical Index.