Map · Book 3: Of Morals · Part 3: Of the other virtues and vices · T 3.3.6 Conclusion of this book
T 3.3.6.4
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This observation may be extended to justice, and the other virtues of that kind. Tho' justice be artificial, the sense of its morality is natural. 'Tis the combination of men, in a system of conduct, which renders any act of justice beneficial |to society. But when once it has that tendency, we naturally approve of it; and if we did not so, 'tis impossible any combination or convention cou'd ever produce that sentiment.
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| Winkler 2000 focused | (T 620) T 3.3.6 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ssage emphasized by Baier, speaks of the virtuous mind's ability to "bear its own survey" (T 620). And Shaftesbury de… |