1 - 1 Sense of Propriety. 1 - 1 - 1 Sympathy. 1 - 1 - 2 Pleasure of mutual Sympathy. 1 - 1 - 3 Manner in which we judge of the propriety or impropriety of the affections of other men, by their concord or dissonance with our own. 1 - 1 - 4 Same subject continued. 1 - 1 - 5 Amiable and respectable virtues.

1 - 2 Degrees of the different Passions which are consistent with Propriety. 1 - 2 - 0 Introduction. 1 - 2 - 1 Passions which take their origin from the body. 1 - 2 - 2 Passions which take their origin from a particular turn or habit of the Imagination. 1 - 2 - 3 Unsocial Passions. 1 - 2 - 4 Social Passions. 1 - 2 - 5 Selfish Passions.

1 - 3 Effects of Prosperity and Adversity upon the Judgment of Mankind with regard to the Propriety of Action; and why it is more easy to obtain their Aprobation in the one state than in the other. 1 - 3 - 1 Though our sympathy with sorrow is generally a more lively sensation than our sympathy with joy, it commonly falls much more short of the violence of what is naturally felt by the person principally concerned. 1 - 3 - 2 Origin of Ambition, and of the distinction of Ranks. 1 - 3 - 3 Corruption of our moral sentiments, which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great, and to despise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition.

2 - 1 Sense of Merit and Demerit. 2 - 1 - 0 Introduction. 2 - 1 - 1 That whatever appears to be the proper object of gratitude, appears to deserve reward; and that, in the same manner, whatever appears to be the proper object of resentment appears to deserve punishment. 2 - 1 - 2 Proper objects of gratitude and resentment. 2 - 1 - 3 Where there is no approbation of the conduct of the person who confers the benefit, there is little sympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it: and that, on the contrary, where there is no disapprobation of the motives of the person who does the mischief, there is no sort of sympathy with the resentment of him who suffers it. 2 - 1 - 4 Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters. 2 - 1 - 5 Analysis of the sense of Merit and Demerit.

2 - 2 Justice and Beneficence. 2 - 2 - 1 Comparison of those two virtues. 2 - 2 - 2 Sense of Justice, of Remorse, and of the consciousness of Merit. 2 - 2 - 3 Utility of this constitution of Nature.

2 - 3 Influence of Fortune upon the Sentiments of Mankind, with regard to the Merit or Demerit of Actions. 2 - 3 - 1 Causes of this Influence of Fortune. 2 - 3 - 2 Extent of this Influence of Fortune 2 - 3 - 3 Final cause of this Irregularity of Sentiments.

3 - 1 Principle of Self-approbation and of Self-disapprobation.

3 - 2 Love of Praise, and of that of Praise-worthiness; and of the dread of Blame, and of that of Blame-worthiness.

3 - 3 Influences and Authority of Conscience.

3 - 4 Nature of Self-deceit, and of the Origin and Use of general Rules.

3 - 5 Influence and authority of the general Rules of Morality, and that they are justly regarded as the Laws of the Deity.

3 - 6 In what cases the Sense of Duty ought to be the sole principle of our conduct; and in what cases it ought to concur with other motives.

4 - 1 Beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon all the productions of art, and of the extensive influence of this species of Beauty.

4 - 2 Beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon the characters and actions of men; and how far the perception of this beauty may be regarded as one of the original principles of approbation.

5 - 1 Influence of Custom and Fashion upon our Notions of Beauty and Deformity.

5 - 2 Influence of Custom and Fashion upon Moral Sentiments.

6 - Introduction.

6 - 1 Character of the Individual, so far as it affects his own Happiness; or of Prudence.

6 - 2 Character of the Individual, so far as it can affect the Happiness of other People. 6 - 2 - 1 Order in which Individuals are recommended by Nature to our care and attention. 6 - 2 - 2 order in which Societies are by nature recommended to our Beneficence. 6 - 2 - 3 universal Benevolence.

6 - 3 Self-command.

6 - 4 Conclusion of the Sixth Part.

7 - 1 Questions which ought to be examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments.

7 - 2 different Accounts which have been given of the Nature of Virtue. 7 - 2 - Introduction. 7 - 2 - 1 Systems which make Virtue consist in Propriety. 7 - 2 - 2 Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence. 7 - 2 - 3 Systems which make Virtue consist in Benevolence. 7 - 2 - 4 licentious Systems.

7 - 3 different Systems which have been formed concerning the Principle of Approbation. 7 - 3 - 1 Systems which deduce the Principle of Approbation from Self-love. 7 - 3 - 2 those Systems which make Reason the Principle of Approbation. 7 - 3 - 3 Systems which make Sentiment the Principle of Approbation.

7 - 4 Manner in which different Authors have treated of the practical Rules of Morality. 7 - 4 - 1 Conclusion.