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& from those suppose Moral obligation to arise. They call a conformity to truth, virtue; & ye. opposite Vice.
deletion We unclear ye. nature of things by different senses, /deletion deletion & our senses ^ addition unclear /addition unclear they are perceiv'd addition & investigate [[/addition] our unclear those Relations /deletion deletion unclear /deletion
By different Senses we find ye. nature of things, & ^ addition then /addition our reason acts upon them, & unclear what is true, or false; what may be affirm'd, or deny'd concerning them. Thus by Sense or Experience; we deletion see /deletion addition perceive /addition ye. character of a Benefactor, & of a Beneficiary, deletion unclear /deletion addition & when we have compar'd we find /addition another idea in our mind, deletion unclear /deletion addition which we call /addition ye. Relation between ye. Benefactor & Beneficiary; & in ye. foundation of yt. relation, we perceive some benefit receiv'd. But are any of these ideas yt. we mean by ye. Moral Obligation, ye. idea of gratitude due to a Benefactor from ye. Beneficiary? This is evidently, a distinct perception plain to some sense, but not ye. result of Reasoning. This Reason may suggest to a Beneficiary, yt. is in affluence, yt. ye. state of his Benefactor who is in prison for a small debt, would be much chang'd for ye. better, if he would give a small share of his Wealth, yet will Reason, with a certain degree of Affection, prompt him to such a well plac'd Charity? Or will ye. perception of his relation of his Benefactor, & of ye. benefit receiv'd, make him approve such a conduct, unless we suppose a feeling quite different from yt. perception of ye. intervening relation, & ye. ground of yt. Relation? We might therefore see all ye. possible
