...resulting from the command of another." He had before given what he calls a definition of virtue, that it is " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, for the sake of everlasting happiness,"—and a definition of obligation,—" A man is said to be obliged,...

...definition of Virtue alone is an unanswerable illustration of the debasing vulgarity of his code. "Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of fiod, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." So that any act of good to maa in obedience to God,...

...calm results of a dispassionate calculation. Such a system lias no fitness for man's nature. 4. Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...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...

...popular Dr. Paley has adopted, to some 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...

...effects in time, but the conse. LEcT . vr . quences in eternity; for his very definition of virtue is —" the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, for the sake of everlasting happiness"* — But it is not the impossibility merely of rightly applying...

...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,...

...society ; 2. That vice has no advantage 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...

...Virtue, says Paley, comprehends- benevolence, pnidence, fortitude, and temperance ; and is the doing of good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of his favour, and of everlasting happiness. Here — the good of mankind is {ne object ; the will of...

...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...

...definition of Virtue, alone is an unanswerable illustration of the debasing vulgarity of his cude. "Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...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...