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A System of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books Volume 2
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A System of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books Volume 2 Paperback - 2012

by Francis Hutcheson

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 Excerpt: ...whole live: . tion and good education of children, can only extend Chap. 2. to moderate chastisements, such as are not dangerous L/Vj to life: and its highest punishment must be abdication or expulsion from the family. 'Tis manifest too, that its nature, intention, and duration are quite different from that of civil power, to which large numbers of adult persons must be subjected continually, for a common interest of the whole society; which too must extend to all punishments and violence that may be requisite for the common defence and security; as it is not founded on any particular affections implanted by nature toward a few, but upon the general affection; and contrived by men for the common interest of a large society. To found this parental power on mere procreati-rT;S mtpunion, is a foolish extending of some maxims receivedtZiZ"r" about property to the most foreign subject imaginable. The bodies of children were formed in their first state out of some parts of the parents bodies; but not by any wisdom or art of the parent; nay sometimes contrary to their desire and intention. God who gave parents these dispositions subservient to procreation, formed both the bodies of the children and the parents, and so destined this order of procreation, as to shew the rights and duties of both parents and children; and the soul, the principal part, is his own immediate workmanship. So that children cannot be deemed accessions or fruits going along with the property of their parents bodies. They commence rational beings, parts of this great system, with the same Book Ill.natural rights which their parents enjoy, as soon as /W they have reason to use them. Generation no more makes them a piece of property to their parents, than sucking makes them the proper...

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  • Title A System of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books Volume 2
  • Author Francis Hutcheson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 98
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publication date 2012-05
  • ISBN 9781236246677 / 1236246675
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.2 in (24.61 x 18.90 x 0.51 cm)
  • Category Religion - Commentaries / Reference

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