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1. Hume’s Utilitarian Virtue Ethics. he attitudes he investigates). As a human scientist, Hume observes our ubiquitous tendency to praise and censure actions and personal “characters”, and he seeks for the principl.
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Hume sees all governments as the result of a struggle between authority and liberty, with the best of them achieving a balance between the two by implementing systems of “general laws.” Hume’s cautious approach to social change may fairly be called conservative.
Finally, Hume is sceptical about the power of governments to design effective policies or education systems that improve character. He does, however, believe that government affects both artificial and natural virtues and suggests ways that rulers can avoid harming their citizens’ character and, to a lesser extent, work to improve them.
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) Morals are not derived from reason (see Section 4).
Oct 25, 2017 · A rich and suggestive summary of Hume’s political theory that pays attention to historical context and to Hume’s relations with earlier figures in the history of political thought. Provides a helpful synopsis of major trends in interpretation.
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Abstract. Along with his lifelong criticism against the priesthood, there is another goal that Hume keeps pursuing: to suppress dangerous political factions. To demonstrate the importance of this goal we must turn to one of Hume’s political writings that has been underestimated: the ‘Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth’.
