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By opinion of interest, I chiefly understand the sense of the general advantage which is reaped from government; together with the persuasion, that the particular government, which is established, is equally advantageous with any other that could easily be settled.
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This chapter examines Hume's account of political allegiance. It argues that just as Hume's discussion of justice is intended primarily to refute.
Dec 14, 2007 · According to the classical account, Hume’s effort to articulate the conditions of moral responsibility, and the way they relate to the free will problem, should be understood primarily in terms of his views about the logic of the concepts of “liberty” and “necessity”.
Aug 23, 2022 · Hume developed his political thought most explicitly in political essays of the 1740s and 1750s, and in his multivolume History of England (1754–1762). Discussions of justice and allegiance to government, however, appeared first in Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature , and then again in revised form in An Enquiry concerning the Principles of ...
Oct 29, 2004 · Hume’s position in ethics, which is based on his empiricist theory of the mind, is best known for asserting four theses: (1) Reason alone cannot be a motive to the will, but rather is the “slave of the passions” (see Section 3) (2) Moral distinctions are not derived from reason (see Section 4). (3) Moral distinctions are derived from the ...
This paper reveals connections between Hume's virtue ethics and his political philosophy by investigating two specific ques tions. First, is allegiance to government, as Hume understands it, a virtue of character like other virtues that Hume recognizes (such as justice and fidelity to promises)? Second, can Hume ac
David Hume argued that Individual Liberty emerged slowly out of the “violent system of government” which had earlier prevailed in Europe (1778)
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