Hume's Moral Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415104364 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 176 str.

J. L. MacKie;MacKie J. L.

Opis

Hume's moral theory was the most important contribution to the sustained debate among the British Moralists of the 17th and 18th centuries. J. L. Mackie's classic text examines this debate and provides an excellent introduction to some of the main problems of moral philosophy.

Recenzje

'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.

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

J.L. Mackie