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 i...

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1. Verfasser: Snare, Francis (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1991
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Zusammenfassung: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
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 322 pages)
ISBN:9781139172370
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139172370

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