David Hume

Moral and Political Theorist
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-957153-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Russell Hardin presents a new explication of David Hume's moral and political theory. With Hume, he holds that our normative views can be scientifically explained but they cannot be justified as true. Hume argued for the psychological basis of such views. In particular, he argued for sympathy as the mirroring of the psychological sensations and emotions of others. By placing Hume in the developing tradition of social science, as a strong forerunner of his younger friend Adam Smith, Hardin demonstrates Hume's strong strategic sense, his nascent utilitarianism, his powerful theory of convention as a main source of social and political order, and his recognition of moral and political theory as a single enterprise.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardin, Russell

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- 1: Hume's Place in History

- 2: Moral Psychology

- 3: Strategic Analysis

- 4: Convention

- 5: Political Theory

- 6: Justice As Order

- 7: Utilitarianism

- 8: Value Theory

- 9: Retrospective

- References

- Endnotes

Über Autor(innen)

Russell Hardin is Professor of Politics at New York University.