Hume's moral theory

Hume's moral theory / J.L. Mackie.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul, 1980.
Series:International library of philosophy.
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Ethics.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776
Ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Outline of Hume's Theory; Some Predecessors: Hobbes, Shaftesbury, Clarke, Wollaston, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Butler; Hume's Psychology of Action (Treatise II iii 3); Morality not Based on Reason (Treatise III i 1); Variants of Sentimentalism (Treatise III i 2); The Artificial Virtues; The Natural Virtues (Treatise III iii 1 5); Some Successors: Smith, Price, Reid; Conclusions; Notes; Index.

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