Sophie Botros

Hume, Reason and Morality (eBook, ePUB)

A Legacy of Contradiction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Covering an important theme in Humean studies, this book focuses on Hume's hugely influential account of the relation between reason and morality, found in book three of his 'Treatise of Human Nature'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134322176
• Artikelnr.: 38267339

Autorenporträt

Sophie Botros is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. She previously taught at the Universities of Essex and Stirling and at King's College, London, and has written on ethics, ancient philosophy, and philosophy of action in leading philosophical journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Hume's Practicality Argument Introduction 1. A Contradiction, not
an Ambiguity 2. Validity and the 'Moderate' Version 3. Metaphysics and the
'Extreme' Version 4. Sentimentalists, Secondary Qualities and Sensations 5.
The Inconsolable Sceptic Part 2: The Practicality Argument Today 6.
Morality's Dynamism 7. Desires, Beliefs and 'Direction of Fit' 8. A Riddle
and a Buried Assumption 9. The Case of Owen Wingrave Final Remarks