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No moral theory
- Hume has no moral theory, only a theory of the psychology of our moral views. A purely psychological theory cannot be satisfactory for anyone who seeks ‘true’ moral positions.
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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) Moral distinctions are not derived from reason (see Section 4).
- Property and Ownership
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- David Hume
Today, philosophers recognize Hume as a thoroughgoing...
- Property and Ownership
Situates Hume’s moral theory within the context of his predecessors and successors and provides critical discussion of the main doctrines of Hume’s ethical thought: Hume’s anti-rationalism, sentimentalism, and a detailed discussion and critique of Hume’s artificial-natural virtue distinction.
He says that Hume did not even hope to offer a moral theory, properly speaking, because his intention was merely descriptive: to catalog and file humanity’s moral responses to phenomena.
1. Hume’s Utilitarian Virtue Ethics. Hume comes to morality as a scientist of human nature, aiming to understand its “springs and principles” (E 1.15, 14), but also – inevitably – as himself a human being who partakes of that nature (and who therefore shares many of the attitudes he investigates).
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Ethics. The virtues. Hume takes it to be agreed that moral judgment is primarily a judgment about human character traits, a recognition of ‘virtues’ and ‘vices’ (see Virtues and vices). He has some controversial views both about what enlightened moral judges will and will not include in their lists of virtues, and about how they do their judging.
Jul 1, 2014 · In recent times, Hume has been interpreted as having a virtue ethical normative ethics; indeed, since virtue and vice feature so prominently in his moral theorizing, this interpretation has plausibility.
Feb 26, 2001 · Today, philosophers recognize Hume as a thoroughgoing exponent of philosophical naturalism, as a precursor of contemporary cognitive science, and as the inspiration for several of the most significant types of ethical theory developed in contemporary moral philosophy.
