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Hume at least asserts that adherence to justice is always in our interest, even prior to the existence of sanctions for violations.2 In Òìe Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, Hume provides an even more direct defense of justice than that found in the Treatise. In fact, Hume
1 Hume’s Early Biography andA Treatise of Human Nature; 2 From Impressions to Justice and the Virtues; 3 The Ideas of Space and Time and Spatial and Temporal Ideas inTreatise1.2; 4 Hume’s Theory of Causation; 5 Scepticism with Regard to Reason; 6 Hume on Scepticism and the Senses; 7 The Problem of Believing in Yourself; 8 Sympathy, Self ...
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But 'tis certain, that self-love, when it acts at its liberty, instead of engaging us to honest actions, is the source of all injustice and violence; nor can a man ever correct those vices, without correcting and restraining the natural movements of that appetite.
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Apr 9, 2013 · Hume's conception of justice in the broad sense has a threefold character: the invention of private property and rules for its division; the transference of property by consent rather than force or fraud; and the keeping of promises, especially contracts.
Dec 14, 2007 · On the classical interpretation this is how Hume’s core arguments should be understood. As Hume’s title “Of liberty and necessity” makes plain there are two key ideas in play are “liberty” (freedom) and “necessity” (causation and determinism).
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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).
