Excerpt from First Principles of Moral Science: A Course of Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge The present work treats of three topics, all preliminary to the direct exposition of the first of these three main subjects, Moral Philosophy. These are the Certainty and Dignity of Moral Science, its Spiritual Geography, or relation to other main subjects of human thought, and its Formative Principles, or some elementary truths on which its whole development must depend. In the coming year I propose to myself to enter on the second subject, or Controversial Ethics; by a review, first, of Modern Utilitarianism, as expounded by Paley and Bentham, and recast by Mr Mill into a different form; and next, of mo dem Cambridge Ethics, represented by the Discourse of Professor Sedgwick, and the writings of my three eminent predecessors. In Mr Mill's review of Professor Sedgwick these two schools came fimt into direct collision, almost forty years ago; and now in the present year, within a few months, these distinguished writers have both passed away. The harsher sounds of controversy should be stilled, and only its grave and gentle utterances be heard, over the recent graves of the dead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.