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- Hume’s Moral Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Hume inherits from his predecessors several controversies about ethics and political philosophy One is a question of moral epistemology: how do human beings become aware of, or acquire knowledge or belief about, moral good and evil, right and wrong, duty and obligation?
- David Hume: Moral Philosophy - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
David Hume: Moral Philosophy Although David Hume (1711-1776) is commonly known for his philosophical skepticism, and empiricist theory of knowledge, he also made many important contributions to moral philosophy Hume’s ethical thought grapples with questions about the relationship between morality and reason, the role of human emotion in thought and action, the nature of moral evaluation
- David Hume’s Philosophy and Moral Sentiment
This article examines David Hume ’s philosophy, the role of moral sentiment, and how these ideas contribute to the quest for a more meaningful existence Key features of David Hume's philosophy David Hume was a Scottish philosopher known for his work in empiricism and skepticism, which focused on how we gain knowledge and understand the world
- Key Ethical Thinkers David Hume
1 Hume’s Utilitarian Virtue Ethics Hume comes to morality as a scientist of human nature, aiming to understand its “springs and principles” (E 1 15, 14), but also – inevitably – as himself a human being who partakes of that nature (and who therefore shares many of the attitudes he investigates) As a human scientist, Hume observes our ubiquitous tendency to praise and censure
- Humes Moral Philosophy - Macalester College
To group Hume’s ideas into one system of moral philosophy (i e utilitarianism or skepticism) forces one to ignore the breadth of his philosophy and distort his intended eschewal of overly rigid formalism in moral enquiry 2 Rather, Hume’s moral theory is best expressed as an amalgamation of several different systems of philosophical thought
- The Moral Philosophy of David Hume - Springer
About this book This work is primarily concerned with Hume's arguments concerning the respective roles of reason and passion in moral decisions Thus, the major part of the work deals with section I of Part I of Book III of the Treatise, where Hume argues that moral distinctions are not derived from reason
- The Nature of Humes Ethics - JSTOR
What, then, is the nature of Hume's ethics? Hume's ethical theory has two parts: (1) a definition of what it means to call something a virtue, and (2) an empirical investigation of what qualities of character are virtues with an attempt to generalize concerning the common in- gredient of these various virtues
- David Hume: Moral and Political Philosophy - Oxford Bibliographies
Introduction David Hume made a number of significant contributions to moral philosophy, and his ideas and arguments remain central to the subject, both in the classroom and in academic research
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