J L MacKie

Hume's Moral Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

Hume's moral theory was the most important contribution to the sustained debate among the British Moralists of the 17th and 18th centuries. J. L. Mackie's classic text examines this debate and provides an excellent introduction to some of the main problems of moral philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 1980
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 142mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780415104364
• ISBN-10: 041510436X
• Artikelnr.: 22142047

Autorenporträt

J.L. Mackie

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Outline of Hume's Theory
Chapter 2 Some Predecessors: Hobbes, Shaftesbury, Clarke, Wollaston, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Butler
Chapter 3 Hume's Psychology of Action (Treatise II iii 3)
Chapter 4 Morality not based on Reason (Treatise III i 1)
Chapter 5 Variants of Sentimentalism (Treatise III i 2)
Chapter 6 The Artificial Virtues
Chapter 7 The Natural Virtues (Treatise III iii 1-5)
Chapter 8 Some Successors: Smith, Price, Reid
Chapter 9 Conclusions