Hume''s Moral Theory

Zusatztext 'There are a number of fine books on Hume's moral theory, but Mackie's stands as one of the very best. Mackie manages to combine wonderfully an engaged and sympathetic reading of Hume with a sophisticated appreciation of the difficulties facing any Humean account of morality.' - Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina. Informationen zum Autor J.L. Mackie Zusammenfassung First Published in 1980. This volume looks at Hume's moral theory as a relatively neglected area of Hume's philosophy and Law. It explores Hume's account of what he called article virtues and his anticipations of utilitarianism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Outline of Hume’s Theory; Chapter 2 Some Predecessors: Hobbes, Shaftesbury, Clarke, Wollaston, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Butler; Chapter 3 Hume’s Psychology of Action (Treatise II iii 3); Chapter 4 Morality not based on Reason (Treatise III i 1); Chapter 5 Variants of Sentimentalism (Treatise III i 2); Chapter 6 The Artificial Virtues; Chapter 7 The Natural Virtues (Treatise III iii 1–5); Chapter 8 Some Successors: Smith, Price, Reid; Chapter 9 Conclusions;

Product details

• Authors: J.L. Mackie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138136939
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13693-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: International Library of Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, Humanities