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Hume's
Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) is a landmark work in the history of moral philosophy. This volume presents new interpretative essays which offer a section-by-section study of the
Enquiry, and of its relation to Hume's other writings on ethics, epistemology, religion, aesthetics, and emotion.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: Jacqueline Taylor: Hume's Revisions, and the Structure and Main Argument of EPM
- 2: Moritz Baumstark: The Biographical Background of the Second Enquiry
- 3: Angela Calvo De Saavedra: Benevolence and Self-Interest in Hume's Moral Philosophy
- 4: James Harris: Justice in An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
- 5: Anthony E. Pitson: Sympathy, Humanity, and the Foundation of Morals
- 6: Colin Heydt: Hume's Innovative Taxonomy of the Virtues
- 7: Rachel Cohon: Virtue as a Means to Happiness in Hume's Second Enquiry
- 8: P. J. E. Kail: "Concerning Moral Sentiment": The Moral Sense in the Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
- 9: Remy Debes: Hume on Personal Merit: Virtue, Talent, and the Import of EPM Appendix 4
- 10: Dario Perinetti: Moral Pluralism and the Historical Point of View: Reading "A Dialogue"
- 11: Amy Schmitter: Negotiating Pluralism in Taste and Character: Reading the Second Enquiry with "Of the Standard of Taste"
- 12: Thomas Holden: Religion and the Perversion of Philosophy in Hume's Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
- 13: Jane L. McIntyre: The Passions in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- 14: Peter Millican: The Relation between Hume's Two Enquiries
- 15: Emilio Mazza: The eloquent "Enquiry": Merit or Virtue in its Proper Colours
About the author
Jacqueline Taylor is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. She is author of Reflecting Subjects: Passion, Sympathy, and Society in Hume's Philosophy (OUP 2015), as well as numerous articles on Hume, the Enlightenment, and moral psychology. She is also co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Hume (CUP 2009).
Summary
Hume's Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) is a landmark work in the history of moral philosophy. This volume presents new interpretative essays which offer a section-by-section study of the Enquiry, and of its relation to Hume's other writings on ethics, epistemology, religion, aesthetics, and emotion.
