. Christian ethics : or, The true moral manhood and life of duty : a text-book for schools and colleges. all such action as is eitherright or wrong, or of which it may be said that it ought to be done, orought not to be done. Morality.— In ethical discussions the term morality is used as a gen-eral term embracing both the morally good and the morally evil, boththe right and the wrong. Moral conduct may mean conduct morallygood or conduct morally bad. The truths of morality include the truthsconcerning vice as well as those concerning virtue. Duty and Ought.— The words duty and ought need no ex
. Christian ethics : or, The true moral manhood and life of duty : a text-book for schools and colleges. all such action as is eitherright or wrong, or of which it may be said that it ought to be done, orought not to be done. Morality.— In ethical discussions the term morality is used as a gen-eral term embracing both the morally good and the morally evil, boththe right and the wrong. Moral conduct may mean conduct morallygood or conduct morally bad. The truths of morality include the truthsconcerning vice as well as those concerning virtue. Duty and Ought.— The words duty and ought need no extended ex-planation for the present. Even a child understands that duty is whatone is morally bound to do, or what ought to be done. The thoughtfulman necessarily and consciously connects these ideas of duty and obli-gation with the grand moral end, or task of life, which is the completeduty. These preliminary statements are to some extent necessarily anticipa-tive. Their full meaning and the reasons for it will appear more clearlyin the further progress of the discussion of Theoretical DIVISION I. NATURE OF THE MORAL and Subdivision. DIVISION I. treats of the facts of mans nature as a moralagent, or of conscience. It aims to investigate, arrange,and explain the facts. By man as a moral agent is meant man as a personal agentendowed with a moral nature, commonly called conscience,that fits him for a mission of duty. Man is first an agent and then a moral agent, first activeand then morally active. He must be understood as an agentor active being in order to be understood as a being morallyactive. For convenience and clearness, the subject will betreated in two Chapters: Chapter I. General View of Man as a Personal Agent. Chapter II. Special View of Man as a Moral Agent. Reason for this Treatment.— Much of indefiniteness, ambiguity, andeven positive error, lias found its way into ethical discussions, from thesimple lack of a clear understanding and
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