Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel

About this book

Joseph Butler's Fifteen Sermons, preached at the Rolls Chapel and published in 1726, examine human nature and the moral constitution God has given it. Butler gives conscience the governing place, distinguishes self-love from benevolence, and answers accounts of morality that reduce virtue to selfishness. Lucid, measured, and philosophically exact, the sermons remain a landmark of English moral theology.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Sermon I. Upon the Social Nature of Man 🔒
3. Sermon II. Upon the Natural Supremacy of Conscience 🔒
4. Sermon III. Upon the Natural Supremacy of Conscience 🔒
5. Sermon IV. Upon the Government of the Tongue 🔒
6. Sermon V. Upon Compassion 🔒
7. Sermon VI. Upon Compassion 🔒
8. Sermon VII. Upon the Character of Balaam 🔒
9. Sermon VIII. Upon Resentment and Forgiveness of injuries 🔒
10. Sermon IX. Upon Forgiveness of Injuries 🔒
11. Sermon X. Upon Self-Deceit 🔒
12. Sermon XI. Upon the Love of Our Neighbor 🔒
13. Sermon XII. Upon the Love of Our Neighbor 🔒
14. Sermon XIII. Upon the Love of God 🔒
15. Sermon XIV. (Upon the Love of God) 🔒
16. Sermon XV. Upon the Ignorance of Man 🔒