James Baillie

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Morality

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Produktbeschreibung

David Hume is widely recognised as the greatest philosopher to have written in the English language. His Treatise on Human Nature is one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written. Hume on Morality introduces and assesses * Hume's life and the background of the Treatise * The ideas and text in the Treatise * Hume's continuing importance to philosophy

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 129mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780415180481
• ISBN-10: 0415180481
• Artikelnr.: 22073681

Autorenporträt

James Baillie is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Portland. He is the author of Problems in Personal Identity (1993) and editor of Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (1997), University College London

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Background on the understanding
Chapter 3 The passions
Chapter 4 Motivation and will
Chapter 5 Against moral rationalism
Chapter 6 The virtues
Chapter 7 The moral stance