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Hume, reason and morality : a legacy of contradiction / Sophie Botros.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Botros, Sophie.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 5.
- Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hume, David, 1711-1776.
- Hume, David.
- Reason.
- Ethics.
- Contradiction.
- Physical Description:
- x, 253 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Summary:
- Reason and Morality" is undoubtedly an important resource for moral philosophers interested in meta-ethics and practical reason, as well as Humean scholars.
- Contents:
- A contradiction, not an ambiguity
- Validity and the 'moderate' version
- Metaphysics and the 'extreme' version
- Sentimentalists, secondary qualities and sensations
- The inconsolable sceptic
- Morality's dynamism
- Desires, beliefs, and 'direction of fit'
- A riddle and a buried assumption
- The case of Owen Wingrave.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-245) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415331803
- OCLC:
- 60515141
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415331807 (hbk.)
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