Excerpt from Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness, Vol. 2 of 2 IN the preceding divisions of this work the ground has been suf ficiently cleared, to enable us to proceed, with considerable explicitness and satisfaction, to the practical detail: in other words, to attempt the tracing out that application of the laws of general justice, which may best conduce to the gradual improve ment of mankind. It has appeared, that an enquiry concerning the principles and conduct of social intercourse is the most important topic upon which the mind of man can be exercised;* that, upon these principles, well or ill conceived, and the manner in which they are administered, the vices and virtues of individuals depend;1' that political institution, to be good, must have constant relation to the rules of immutable justice; I and that those rules, uniform in their nature, are equally applicable to the whole human race. 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.