Francis Snare,
Francis (University of Sydney) Snare
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2002
9780521892711
Morals, Motivation, and Convention
Hume's Influential Doctrines
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Paperback, 340 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2002
ISBN13: 9780521892711
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Cambridge Studies in
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521892711
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:340
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Cambridge Studies in
Inhoudsopgave
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.