Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Morality

David Hume is widely recognised as the greatest philosopher to have written in the English language. His Treatise on Human Nature is one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written.
Hume on Morality introduces and assesses
* Hume's life and the background of the Treatise
* The ideas and text in the Treatise
* Hume's continuing importance to philosophy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Background on the understanding; Chapter 3 The passions; Chapter 4 Motivation and will; Chapter 5 Against moral rationalism; Chapter 6 The virtues; Chapter 7 The moral stance;

Über den Autor / die Autorin

James Baillie is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Portland. He is the author of Problems in Personal Identity (1993) and editor of Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (1997),
University College London

Zusammenfassung

Hume on Morality introduces and assesses*Hume's life and the background of the Treatise on Human Nature*The ideas and text in the Treatise*Hume's continuing importance to philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Baillie, Baillie James
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.04.2000
• EAN: 9780415180481
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18048-1
• Seiten: 236
• Gewicht: 600 g
• Serie: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy