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1. • • He critiques the social contract theory of Hobbes and Locke, and he offers an alternative, evolutionary account of the origins of government. 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.”
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   What did David Hume write about politics?

   • Although David Hume never produced a single comprehensive work that encapsulated his views on politics, his various writings address a broad range of topics of relevance to political philosophy. He critiques the social contract theory of Hobbes and Locke, and he offers an alternative, evolutionary account of the origins of government.

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   What is Hume's theory of politics?

   • In political theory, Hume has both theoretical discussions on the origins of government and more informal essays on popular political controversies of his day. In his theoretical discussions, he attacks two basic notions in eighteenth-century political philosophy: the social contract and the instinctive nature of justice regarding private property.

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   Did David Hume have a moral theory?

   • “ David Hume (1711–1776): Moral Theory.” In The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edited by James Fieser and Bradley Dowden, 2006. A clear if unambitious summary of Hume’s moral philosophy; has an interesting final section describing early responses to Hume.

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   What does Hume mean?

   • “Hume is our Politics, Hume is our Trade, Hume is our Philosophy, Hume is our Religion, — it wants little but that Hume is even our Taste”. This statement by nineteenth century philosopher James Hutchison Stirling reflects the unique position in intellectual thought held by Scottish philosopher David Hume.

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   Was Hume a philosopher or a historian?

   • History and Philosophy Although Hume is now remembered mainly as a philosopher, in his own day he had at least as much impact as a historian. His History of England appeared in four installments between 1754 and 1762 and covers the periods of British history from most ancient times through the seventeenth-century.

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   What does Hume mean by moral philosophy?

   • In his day, “moral” meant anything concerned with human nature, not just ethics, as he makes clear at the beginning of the first Enquiry, where he defines “moral philosophy” as “the science of human nature” (EHU 1.1/5). Hume’s aim is to bring the scientific method to bear on the study of human nature.

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3. thegreatthinkers.org › hume › introductionAn Introduction to the Political Philosophy of David Hume

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   Hume begins from our “perceptions,” the basic elements of human experience. These divide into “Impressions,” which “comprehend all our sensations, passions and emotions, as they make their first appearance in the soul”; and “Ideas,” which are “the faint images of these [impressions] in thinking and reasoning.” Ideas are built up out of impressions,...

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   Much moral philosophy aims at explaining what behavior is moral, and why we ought to be moral. Hume, by contrast, assumes from the outset that human beings have a functional capacity to make moral judgments and use moral ideas such as virtue, vice, duty, obligation, and blame in a way that makes sense. Moreover, he observes, we are motivated to act...

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   Hume discussed both current and fundamental political and economic matters in various essays he wrote from the 1740s onward. Notable among these are essays on liberty, political parties, the question of whether politics can be reduced to a science, and on money, credit, and taxes. The economic essays argue against mercantilism, and the political es...

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   Aug 23, 2022 · David Hume (b. 1711–d. 1776) was one of the central figures of what we now commonly call the Scottish Enlightenment. He lived and wrote during a time when questions about Scotland’s political future and its place both in Britain and in the world figured prominently.

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

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   Feb 26, 2001 · Hume’s greatest achievement in the philosophy of religion is the Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, which is generally regarded as one of the most important and influential contributions to this area of philosophy.

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   Oct 25, 2017 · A brief yet comprehensive account of the main themes of Hume’s moral philosophy that is both sensitive to the nuances of the texts and alive to the significance of Hume’s ideas for the present day.

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   “Hume is our Politics, Hume is our Trade, Hume is our Philosophy, Hume is our Religion, — it wants little but that Hume is even our Taste”. This statement by nineteenth century philosopher James Hutchison Stirling reflects the unique position in intellectual thought held by Scottish philosopher David Hume.

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   In the introduction to his Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume (1711-1776) describes the intellectual scene before him as a “noise and clamour” in which every trivial question was debated, but nothing important ever settled.