Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hume on Morality

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18048-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

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

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baillie, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

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