An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
David Hume · English
David Hume published An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals in 1751, recasting ideas from the third book of his Treatise of Human Nature, and…
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David Hume published An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals in 1751, recasting ideas from the third book of his Treatise of Human Nature, and he later judged it the best of all his writings. Hume argues that moral judgments rest finally on sentiment rather than on reason alone, and that the qualities we call virtues are those useful or agreeable to their possessor or to others. He examines benevolence, justice, political society and the reasons why utility pleases. This text is a 1912 reprint of the 1777 edition, with nine sections and four appendices on moral sentiment, self-love, justice and verbal disputes.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
David Hume · English
David Hume published An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals in 1751, recasting ideas from the third book of his Treatise of Human Nature, and…
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A 1912 Reprint Of The Edition Of 1777 Information About This E-Text Edition The following is an e-text of a 1912 reprint of the 1777 edition of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. Each page was cut out of the original book with an X-acto knife and fed into an Automatic Document Feeder Scanner to make this e-text, so the original book was disbinded in order to save it.
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David Hume published An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals in 1751, recasting ideas from the third book of his Treatise of Human Nature, and he later judged it the best of all his writings. Hume argues that moral judgments rest finally on sentiment rather than on reason alone, and that the qualities we call virtues are those useful or agreeable to their possessor or to others. He examines benevolence, justice, political society and the reasons why utility pleases. This text is a 1912 reprint of the 1777 edition, with nine sections and four appendices on moral sentiment, self-love, justice and verbal disputes.
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