Preliminary Observations
Section I Nature and Importance of the Science of the Moral Feelings
| Division of the Mental Powers into Intellectual and Moral | 1 |
| Harmony which ought to exist between these classes | 3 |
| Causes by which this harmony is interrupted,—and means of counteracting them | 3 |
| Interest of the science of the Moral Feelings | 5 |
| Peculiar sources of Knowledge bearing upon it, from the light of Conscience, and of Divine Revelation | 7 |