An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals is a philosophical work by David Hume that develops his influential account of morality as grounded in human sentiment rather than reason alone.
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book
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philosophical work → |
| author |
David Hume
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| authorOpinion |
David Hume regarded it as one of his best works
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| basedOn |
Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature
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| centralConcept |
agreeableness as a source of moral approval
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distinction between natural and artificial virtues → sentiment of approbation → sympathy → usefulness as a source of moral approval → |
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Of Benevolence
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Of Justice → Of Political Society → Of the General Principles of Morals → Of the Love of Fame → Of the Obligation of Promises → Of the Origin of Government → Of the Origin of Justice and Property → |
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Scotland
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| critiques |
moral rationalism
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| follows |
A Treatise of Human Nature
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| genre |
ethics
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moral philosophy → |
| hasForm |
treatise
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| hasPerspective |
secular account of morality
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| historicalPeriod |
Enlightenment philosophy
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| influenced |
Adam Smith
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Immanuel Kant → modern sentimentalist ethics → utilitarian moral theory → |
| influencedBy |
British moral sense theory
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Francis Hutcheson → |
| mainTheme |
justice and artificial virtues
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morality grounded in human sentiment → natural virtues → role of reason and passion in ethics → virtue and vice → |
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English
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| philosophicalDomain |
metaethics
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normative ethics → |
| philosophicalSchool |
empiricism
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sentimentalism → |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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| positionOnMorality |
morality is founded on sentiment rather than reason alone
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| positionOnReason |
reason is the slave of the passions
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| publicationYear |
1751
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| relatedWork |
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion → |
| structure |
divided into sections rather than books
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Referenced by (7)
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David Home
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David Hume → Henry Home, Lord Kames ("Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion") → |
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
("Of the General Principles of Morals")
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containsSection |
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A Treatise of Human Nature
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followedBy |
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Book 3: Of Morals
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relatedWork |
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Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature
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