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- It is argued that Hume's account is richly grounded in coordination and convention. He thinks that utility or interest is a major part of what motivates us in general and especially with respect to government. This concern may be elevated to the moral theory of utilitarianism.
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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.
This chapter discusses Hume's political theory. Topics covered include power, social order, government, justificatory theories of the state, contractarianism, public-goods theories, shared-value theories, rebellion, and international relations.
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.
Feb 26, 2001 · Although Hume’s more conservative contemporaries denounced his writings as works of scepticism and atheism, his influence is evident in the moral philosophy and economic writings of his close friend Adam Smith.
Oct 25, 2017 · Introduces the relevant elements of Hume’s epistemology and metaphysics and theory of the passions, followed by extensive discussions of Hume’s critique of moral rationalism, his account of the virtues, and his theory of moral judgment.
Oct 29, 2004 · Hume’s Moral Philosophy. First published Fri Oct 29, 2004; substantive revision Mon Aug 20, 2018. 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 ...
Hume’s moral philosophy is aimed less at determining which acts are virtuous and which vicious than at discovering how we come to make moral judgments. As in his analysis of causation, Hume eliminates both the senses and reason as possible sources of moral judgment.
