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   Nov 17, 2021 · Passion is in charge, and reason merely serves passion. “Reason,” he says, is “the slave of the passions.” You might think Hume must be wrong, because we act against our passions all the time. If you leave the cake alone, isn’t that an example of reason winning out over passions?

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

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   Oct 29, 2004 · Hume famously sets himself in opposition to most moral philosophers, ancient and modern, who talk of the combat of passion and reason, and who urge human beings to regulate their actions by reason and to grant it dominion over their contrary passions.

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   It is commonly understood that "reasonable" persons think before acting, whereas "passionate" (emotional) people, act without thinking. So, "reason" is associated with logical, methodical, reasonable. "passion" is associated with emotional, illogical, unreasonable.

4. gmgauthier.com › post › reason-vs-the-passionsReason vs the Passions - Initial Thoughts on Hume's Treatise

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   Oct 25, 2017 · Where a passion is neither founded on false suppositions, nor chuses means insufficient for the end, the understanding can neither justify nor condemn it. It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

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   Aug 11, 2024 · We speak not strictly and philosophically when we talk of the combat of passion and of reason. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

6. academic.oup.com › book › 123072 Passion, Reason, and Morality - Oxford Academic

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   This chapter examines Hume's account of the passions and moral judgement. It attempts to place in perspective two of Hume's most celebrated themes: that reason is the slave of the passions, and that moral distinctions are not derived from reason.

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   Is passion contrary to reason?

   • And there is no other instance of passion contrary to reason. Hume famously declaims, “’Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. ‘Tis not contrary to reason for me to chuse my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian or person wholly unknown to me.

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   What is the difference between reason and passion?

   • So, "reason" is associated with logical, methodical, reasonable. "passion" is associated with emotional, illogical, unreasonable. Most logical (reasonable) persons see themselves as having control of their emotions, whereas passionate people are thought of as being controlled by their emotions.

   What did David Hume mean when he said that "reason is a slave to the

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   Is reason a slave of passions?

   • Passion is in charge, and reason merely serves passion. “Reason,” he says, is “the slave of the passions.” You might think Hume must be wrong, because we act against our passions all the time. If you leave the cake alone, isn’t that an example of reason winning out over passions?

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   Can a passion be unreasonable?

   • The consequences are evident. Since a passion can never, in any sense, be call'd unreasonable, but when founded on a false supposition, or when it chuses means insufficient for the design'd end, 'tis impossible, that reason and passion can ever oppose each other, or dispute for the government of the will and actions.

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   Can a passion be opposed by Truth and reason?

   • 'Tis impossible, therefore, that this passion can be oppos'd by, or be contradictory to truth and reason; since this contradiction consists in the disagreement of ideas, consider'd as copies, with those objects, which they represent.

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   Are passions rational or irrational?

   • The passions are often contrasted with reason and rationality. In the cake example above, we imagined the brain and the stomach in a contest with each other. Hume agrees that the passions are in a different category from rational thought. But Hume thinks passions on their own are not rational or irrational.

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   Nothing can oppose or retard the impulse of passion, but a contrary impulse; and if this contrary impulse ever arises from reason, that latter faculty must have an original influence on the will, and must be able to cause, as well as hinder any act of volition.