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1. plato.stanford.edu › entries › hume-moralHume’s Moral Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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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).

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3. plato.stanford.edu › entries › humeDavid Hume - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Feb 26, 2001 · Hume follows his sentimentalist predecessor, Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746), in building his moral theory around the idea of a spectator who approves or disapproves of people’s character traits and motives.

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   Although David Hume (1711-1776) is commonly known for his philosophical skepticism, and empiricist theory of knowledge, he also made many important contributions to moral philosophy. Hume’s ethical thought grapples with questions about the relationship between morality and reason, the role of human emotion in thought and action, the nature of ...

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   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.

6. iep.utm.edu › humeHume, David | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   7. Moral Theory. Hume’s moral theory appears in Book 3 of the Treatise and in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). He opens his discussion in the Treatise by telling us what moral approval is not: it is not a rational judgment about either conceptual relations or empirical facts. To make his case he criticizes Samuel Clarke ...

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   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. In Hume's view, however, true is not a term that can apply to moral beliefs.

8. davidhume.org › scholarship › papersHume on Free Will and Moral Responsibility - David Hume

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   David Hume’s views on morality – the topic of both Book 3 of his Treatise of Human Nature (1740), and of his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) – are widely familiar and much discussed, but his view of moral responsibility is far less well known, and even rather obscure.