Man's relation to God -- The problem of evil -- Man's place -- The activity of the mind -- Freedom of indifference. Intuition -- The moral consequences -- The theory of human nature -- Man's detractors -- Reason and the passions -- Forms and values of self-interest (1) -- Forms and values of self-interest (2): approbation, esteem, and pride -- Man's goodness -- Ethics and Christianity -- Human nature in the novel