The Elements of Moral Science

by John L. Dagg

Publishers:

Sheldon & Company; J. B. Lippincott Company

, 1860

Overview

John L. Dagg’s Elements of Moral Science examines concepts of right and wrong using the Bible and the Christian tradition as its basis. After defining Moral Philosophy, Dagg explores how these ideas apply to Christians in the following chapters: • Moral Quality • Moral Obligation • Moral Faculty • Virtue • Knowledge of Duty • General Rules of Conduct • Duties to God • Duties of Benevolence • Duties of Veracity • Social Duties in General • Family Duties • Public Duties • Duties to Self • Powers of Civil Government

Product Details

• Title: The Elements of Moral Science
• Author: John L. Dagg
• Publishers: Sheldon & Company, J. B. Lippincott Company
• Print Publication Date: 1860
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Christian ethics; Ethics
• Resource ID: LLS:ELEMMORSCIENDAGG
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:58:24Z

About John L. Dagg

John Leadley Dagg (1794–1884), born in Loudoun County, Virginia, lived to be over 90 years old. He died in June 1884, as one of the most respected men in American Baptist life, and remains one of the most profound thinkers produced by his denomination. Dagg overcame extraordinary problems – a limited education, near-blindness, and physical disability – to become a great pastor in Philadelphia and elsewhere and then an educator both in Alabama and as president at Mercer University in Georgia.