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Justice, as an artificial virtue, illustrates how moral norms gain stability through convention under specific social conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Treatise<\/em> thus presents a unified project: to replace traditional metaphysical philosophy with a systematic science of human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions and Answers (Unit Seven)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 1: What is the purpose of Unit Seven?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: To provide a structural synthesis of the three books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 2: What is the main concern of Book I?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: The foundations of understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 3: How does Book I limit reason?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: By denying its authority over matters of fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 4: What is the main concern of Book II?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: Passions and the sources of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 5: What role does reason play in Book II?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: An instrumental role serving the passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 6: What is the main concern of Book III?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: The origin and nature of moral judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 7: What is Book III\u2019s basic stance on morality?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: Morality arises from sentiment rather than reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 8: What are natural virtues?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: Virtues arising directly from natural human sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 9: What are artificial virtues?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: Virtues dependent on social rules and conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 10: To which category does justice belong?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: Artificial virtues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 11: What is the internal sequence of the three books?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: Cognition, action, and normativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 12: What role does habit play throughout the work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: It underlies cognition and inference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 13: What role does sympathy play throughout the work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: It stabilizes and extends moral evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 14: What is the methodological character of the Treatise?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: An empirical science of human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question 15: What is the overall aim of the Treatise?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer: To establish a systematic philosophy grounded in human nature.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corresponding scope: Books I\u2013III (overall synthesis)<\/p>\n<p>This unit provides a structural overview of the three books of the Treatise. 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