Morals, Motivation, and Convention - Hume's Influential Doctrines

This 1991 book is about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philosophy. In part, it is a critical exegesis of Hume's most impressive and challenging doctrines in Book III of the Treatise of Human Nature on such topics as morals, motivation, justice, and social institutions. However, the main thrust of the argument is to throw into relief the importance of that discussion for contemporary philosophy. While the author subjects most contemporary defences of Humean doctrines to intense criticism, he also seeks to discover what versions of Hume's theories might still be defensible and viable.

Table des matières

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Argument for Sentimentalism: 1. A systematic ambiguity; 2. The influence argument; 3. Some bad reasons for believing the first premiss; 4. The Humean theory of motivating reasons; 5. The provocative Humean theory of motivation; Part II. The Problems and Consequences of Sentimentalism: 6. Continuity and circularity; 7. The problem with justice; 8. The conservative theory of justice; 9. Convention and institutional facts; 10. Convention and the regard to justice; Bibliography; Index.

Résumé

This 1991 book is about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philosophy. While the author subjects most contemporary defenses of Humean doctrines to intense criticism, he also seeks to discover what versions of Hume's theories might still be defensible and viable.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Francis Snare, Snare Francis
• Collaboration: Jonathan Dancy (Editeur), Ernest Sosa (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 22.02.1991
• EAN: 9780521392617
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39261-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Poids: 580 g
• Thèmes: Cambridge History of Medicine; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards