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§ 50. CLASSIFICATION OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS

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PART FIRST.

PURE ETHICS; OR, THE MORAL PER SE IRRESPECTIVELY OF SIN.
Introductory Observations.

I. NOTION AND ESSENCE OF THE MORAL, § 51

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§ 51. THE GOOD

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§§ 52-54. THE MORAL

8-14

II. RELATION OF MORALITY TO RELIGION, § 55

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III. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ETHICS, §§ 56-57

23-29
CHAPTER I.
THE MORAL SUBJECT, § 58.

I. THE INDIVIDUAL MORAL SUBJECT, MAN, § 59

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A. MAN AS A SPIRIT, § 59

36

§ 60. (1) THE COGNIZING SPIRIT

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§ 61. (2) THE VOLITIONATING SPIRIT, FREEDOM OF WILL

45

§ 62. (3) THE FEELING SPIRIT

49

§ 63. (4) THE IMMORTAL SPIRIT

51

B. MAN AS TO HIS SENSUOUSLY-CORPOREAL LIFE, §§ 64-66

59-64

C. THE UNITY OF SPIRIT AND BODY, § 67

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§ 67. (1) THE STAGES OF LIFE

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§ 68. (2) TEMPERAMENTS AND NATIONAL PECULIARITIES

71

§ 69. (3) THE SEXES

74

II. THE COMMUNITY-LIFE AS MORAL SUBJECT, § 70

76
CHAPTER II.
GOD AS THE GROUND AND PROTOTYPE OF THE MORAL LIFE AND AS THE AUTHOR OF THE LAW.

§ 72. (1) GOD AS HOLY WILL

82

§ 73. (2) GOD AS PROTOTYPE OF THE MORAL

85
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§ 74. (3) GOD AS UPHOLDER OF THE MORAL WORLD-GOVERNMENT

87

§ 75. (4) GOD AS HOLY LAW-GIVER

90

I. THE REVELATION OF THE DIVINE WILL TO MAN, § 76

92

(a) THE EXTRAORDINARY, POSITIVE, SUPERNATURAL REVELATION

92

§ § 77-78. (b) THE INNER REVELATION AND THE CONSCIENCE

96-99

II. THE ESSENCE OF THE MORAL LAW AS THE DIVINE WILL, § 79

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§ 79. (a) THE FORM OF THE LAW (COMMAND, PROHIBITION, “OUGHT”)

107

§ 80. (b) SCOPE OF THE LAW (REQUIREMENT, COUNSELS)

112

§ 81. (C) RELATION OF THE LAW TO THE PERSONAL PECULIARITY

118

§ 82. THE ALLOWED

122

§ 83. MORAL PRINCIPLES OR LIFE-RULES

133

§ 84. DUTY

136

§ 85. RIGHT

139
CHAPTER III.
THE OBJECT OF THE MORAL ACTIVITY.

I. GOD, § 86

145

II. THE CREATED, § 87

149

§ 87. (1) THE MORAL PERSON HIMSELF

149

§ 88. (2) THE EXTERNAL WORLD

151

§ 89. EXTERNAL NATURE

156
CHAPTER IV.
THE MORAL MOTIVE.

§ 90. PLEASURE AND DISPLEASURE

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§ 91. LOVE AND HATRED

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§ 92. ANTE-MORAL LOVE

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§ 93. MORAL LOVE

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§ 94. LOVE TO GOD

169

§ 95. GOD-FEARING

171

§ 96. GOD-TRUSTING AND ENTHUSIASM

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§ 97. HAPPINESS

175
CHAPTER V.
THE MORAL ACTIVITY, § 89.

SUBDIVISION FIRST: THE MORAL ACTIVITY per se IN ITS INNER DIFFERENCES, § 99

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I. MORAL SPARING, § 100

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II. MORAL APPROPRIATING, § 101

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(a) IN RESPECT TO WHAT ELEMENT OF THE OBJECT IS APPROPRIATED, § l01

186

§ 102. (1) NATURAL APPROPRIATING

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§ 103. (2) SPIRITUAL APPROPRIATING

190

(b) IN RESPECT TO HOW THE OBJECT IS APPROPRIATED, § 104

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(1) GENERAL (UNIVERSAL) APPROPRIATING, COGNIZING, § 104.

192

(2) PARTICULAR (INDIVIDUAL) APPROPRIATING, ENJOYING, § 105

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III. MORAL FORMING, § 106

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(a) IN RESPECT TO WHAT ELEMENT OF THE OBJECT IS FORMED, § 107

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§ 107. (1) NATURAL FORMING

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§ 108. (2) SPIRITUAL FORMING

201

(b) IN RESPECT TO HOW THE OBJECT IS FORMED, § 109

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§ 109. (1) PARTICULAR FORMING

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§ 110. (2) GENERAL FORMING, ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

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§§ 111, 112. APPROPRIATING AND FORMING AS MORALLY RELATED TO EACH OTHER

210-212

SUBDIVISION SECOND: THE MORAL ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO ITS DIFFERENCES AS RELATING TO ITS DIFFERENT OBJECTS:

I. IN RELATION TO GOD, § 113

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(a) THE MORAL APPROPRIATING OF GOD, FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE, § 113

214

§§ 114-117. PRAYER AND SACRIFICE

218-221

(b) THE MORAL SPARING OF THE DIVINE, § 118

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II. IN RELATION TO THE MORAL PERSON HIMSELF, § 119

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(a) MORAL SPARING, § 119

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(b) MORAL APPROPRIATING AND FORMING, § 120

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§§ 120, 121. (1) OF THE BODY BY THE SPIRIT

238-242

§ 122. (2) OF THE SPIRIT ITSELF

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III. IN RELATION TO OTHER PERSONS, § 123

252

(a) MORAL SPARING, § 123

252

(b) MORAL APPROPRIATING AND FORMING, §§ 124-126

254-262

IV. IN RELATION TO OBJECTIVE NATURE, § 127

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(a) MORAL SPARING, § 127

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(b) MORAL APPROPRIATING.

§ 128. (1) SPIRITUAL

266

§ 129. (2) ACTUAL

267

(c) MORAL FORMING, § 130

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§ THE FRUIT OF THE MORAL LIFE AS MORAL END.

§ 131. GOOD

274

§ 132. THE HIGHEST GOOD

275

I. THE PERSONAL PERFECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL, § 133

277

(a) OUTWARD POSSESSIONS, § 134

270

(b) INNER POSSESSIONS, § 135

280

§ 135. (1) WISDOM

280

§ 136. (2) BLISS

283

§ 137. (3) HOLY CHARACTER

284

(c) THE GOOD AS POWER, § 138

289

§ 138. VIRTUE

289

§ 139. THE VIRTUES

291

§ 140. THE PIETY-VIRTUES

297

II. MORAL COMMUNION AS A FRUIT OF THE MORAL LIFE, § 141

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(a) THE FAMILY, § 142

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§ 142. SEXUAL COMMUNION

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§§ 143. 144. MARRIAGE

304-306

§ 145. PARENTS AND CHILDREN

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§ 146. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND FRIENDS

318

§ 147. BLOOD-RELATIONSHIP AS BEARING ON MARRIAGE

319

§ 148. FAMILY PROPERTY AND FAMILY HONOR

323

(b) MORAL SOCIETY, § 149

324

§ 150. HONOR, THE MORAL HOME

330

(c) THE MORAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY, § 151

332

§ 151. RIGHT AND LAW

332

§ 152. CHURCH AND STATE, THEOCRACY

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