CHAPTER IV

BENEVOLENCE

1. The Maxim of Benevolence bids us to some extent _cultivate_ affections, and confer happiness 238-241

2. on sentient, chiefly human, beings; especially in certain circumstances and relations, in which affections--which are hardly virtues--prompt to kind services. Rules for the distribution of Kindness are needed, 241-246

3. as claims may conflict; but clearly binding rules cannot be obtained from Common Sense in a definite form; 246-247

4. nor clear principles from which rules may be deduced; as is seen when we examine the duties to Kinsmen, as commonly conceived: 247-250

5. and the wider duties of Neighbourhood, Citizenship, Universal Benevolence; and the duties of cultivating Reverence and Loyalty: 250-254

6. and those springing from the Conjugal relation: 254-256

7. and those of Friendship: 256-259

8. and those of Gratitude: and those to which we are prompted by Pity. 259-263

Note 263