Hume: moral and political philosophy

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Part 1 Overview: Hume, human nature and the foundations of morality, David Fate Norton. Part 2 Practical reason: was Hume a Humean?, Elijah Millgram Kantian tunes on a Humean instrument - why Hume is not really a sceptic about practical reasoning, Elizabeth Radcliffe. Part 3 Moral anti-rationalism, is and ought, and the status of moral judgments: Hume on moral judgement, Philippa Foot Hume on is and ought, W.D. Falk variants of sentimentalism, J.L. Mackie gilding or staining the world with sentiments and phantasms, Barry Stroud is Hume a non-cognitivist in the motivation argument?, Rachel Cohon. Part 4 The origin and refinement of the moral sentiments: another look at Hume's account of moral evaluation, Pall S. Ardal the common point of view in Hume's ethics, Rachel Cohon justice and the foundations of social morality in Hume's Treatise, Jacqueline Taylor constructing character - Hume on moral approval, love and the general point of view, Christine Korsgaard. Part 5 The artificial virtues and society: Hume's noble lie - an account of his artificial virtues, Marcia Baron Hume's account of social artifice - its origin and originality, Annette Baier artificial virtues and the sensible knave, David Gauthier. Part 6 Moral motivation and obligation: is Hume an internalist?, Charlotte Brown how does the Humean sense of duty motivate?, Elizabeth Radcliffe motive and obligation in Hume's ethics, Stephen Darwall natural obligation and normative motivation in Hume's treatise, Tito Magri. Part 7 Character and utility: character - a Humean account, Jane McIntyre Hume on the characters of virtue, Richard Dees Hume and the Bauhaus theory of ethics, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord Hume and the invention of utilitarianism, Stephen Darwall.

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