Freedom and moral sentiment : Hume's way of naturalizing responsibility / Paul Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Paul, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Responsibility.

Hume, David, 1711-1776--Ethics.

Hume, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Other Title:

Hume's way of naturalizing responsibility

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In observing that studies of Hume's general strategy have tended to overlook his naturalistic concerns, Paul Russell proposes that closer scrutiny of Hume's work demonstrates the importance of these concerns and their contemporary resonance.

Contents:

1. Logic, "Liberty", and the Metaphysics of Responsibility

2. Minding the Matter of Necessity: A Paradox Regarding Causation

3. Causation, Compulsion, and Compatibilism

4. The Naturalism of Hume's "Reconciling Project"

5. Hume's Naturalism and Strawson's Reconciling Project

6. The Content and Objects of Moral Sentiment

7. Action, Character, and Excuses

8. Will, Intention, Feeling: The Indications of Character

9. The Involuntary Nature of Moral Character

10. Retributive Feeling and the Utility of Punishment

11. Pride, Fortune, and the Godless Man

12. Responsibility Naturalized: A Qualified Defence of Hume.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-986934-0

0-585-36472-9

9786610451029

1-280-45102-5

0-19-802554-8

1-4237-6300-9

OCLC:

922952951