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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450828803321

Autore

Mackie J. L (John Leslie)

Titolo

Hume's moral theory / / J.L. Mackie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Boston : , : Routledge, , 1980

ISBN

1-134-84808-0

1-138-13693-X

1-134-84809-9

1-280-05586-3

9786610055869

0-203-35989-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

International library of philosophy

Disciplina

170.92

170/.92

Soggetti

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.