Joseph Butler : fifteen sermons preached at the Rolls chapel and other writings on ethics
David McNaughton (Editor), Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler's Fifteen Sermons (1726) is a classic and widely influential work of moral philosophy. Its topics include the role of conscience in human nature, self-love and egoism, compassion, resentment and forgiveness, love of our neighbour and of God. It is here presented with introduction, annotation, and other selected writings by Butler.
Print Book, English, 2017
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017
Sermons
xl, 204 pages ; 24 cm
9780199657551, 9780199657568, 0199657556, 0199657564
1031598443
Sermon 1 Upon Human NatureSermon 2 Upon Human NatureSermon 3 Upon Human NatureSermon 4 Upon the Government of the TongueSermon 5 Upon CompassionSermon 6 Upon CompassionSermon 7 Upon the Character of BalaamSermon 8 Upon ResentmentSermon 9 Upon the Forgiveness of InjuriesSermon 10 Upon Self-DeceitSermon 11 Upon the Love of our NeighbourSermon 12 Upon the Love of our NeighbourSermon 13 Upon the Love of GodSermon 14 Upon the Love of GodSermon 15 Upon the Ignorance of ManA Dissertation of the Nature of VirtueA Sermon Preached Before the House of LordsA Selection from the Correspondence between Joseph Butler and Samuel ClarkeEditorial NotesButler's Predecessors