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Hume's moral theory / J.L. Mackie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie)
- Series:
- International library of philosophy.
- International library of philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hume, David, 1711-1776--Ethics.
- Hume, David.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul, 1980.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hume's moral theory was the most important contribution to the sustained debate among the British Moralists of the 17th and 18th centuries. J. L. Mackie's classic text examines this debate and provides an excellent introduction to some of the main problems of moral philosophy.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Outline of Hume's Theory; Some Predecessors: Hobbes, Shaftesbury, Clarke, Wollaston, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Butler; Hume's Psychology of Action (Treatise II iii 3); Morality not Based on Reason (Treatise III i 1); Variants of Sentimentalism (Treatise III i 2); The Artificial Virtues; The Natural Virtues (Treatise III iii 1 5); Some Successors: Smith, Price, Reid; Conclusions; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-84808-0
- 1-138-13693-X
- 1-134-84809-9
- 1-280-05586-3
- 9786610055869
- 0-203-35989-5
- 9780203359891
- OCLC:
- 475884411
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