...objections. He commences with the proposition that virtue is doing good to mankind, ' in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The good of- mankind, therefore, is the subject — the will of God, the rule — and everlasting happiness,...

...considerable objections. He commences with the proposition that virtue is doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The good of mankind, therefore, is the subject — the will of God, the rule — and everlasting happiness,...

...and cannot be rendered thus positive. Dr. Paley asserts that 'virtue is the doing good, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' Now if he could have proved this by a train of reasoning founded upon a self-evident proposition, no...

...honour and dignity of man. It would be easy, however, to show, that doing good because it is agreeable to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness, — and the avoiding of evil because it is contrary to the Divine will, and productive of eternal misery,...

...Such a system lias no fitness for man's nature. 4. Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God and for the sake of everlasting happiness. This is the definition adopted by Paley ; and it is, I think, open to many grave objections. In the...

...extent, the selfish system. According to him, "Virtue consists in the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." The will of God is here alleged to be our rule, but private happiness our motive. The, science of Phrenology...

...will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The good of mankind, therefore, is the object, the will of God the rule, and everlasting happiness the motive of human virtue. The will of God, he subsequently goes on to show, is made known to us, partly by revelation, and partly...

...over virtue, even in this world. CHAP. VII. VIRTUE. Virtue is the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. In this definition. the " good of mankind" is the subject ; the " will of God," the rule ; and "everlasting...

...Paley's definition is doubly in error. " Virtue," says he, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." On this principle, the benevolent designs of Howard, would be declared devoid of the quality of virtue,...

...illustration of the debasing vulgarity of his cude. "Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." So that any act of good to1 man in obedience to God, if it arise from any motive but a desire of the...