An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense

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"An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense" is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by Francis Hutcheson that explores human emotions and the foundations of moral judgment within the moral sense tradition.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
associatedWith Francis Hutcheson’s theory of benevolence
sentimentalist ethics
author Francis Hutcheson
century 18th century
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
describedAs influential work in the moral sense tradition
explores nature of moral approval and disapproval
psychology of moral motivation
relationship between self-interest and benevolence
focusesOn foundations of moral judgment
role of feelings in morality
genre early modern philosophy
ethics
moral philosophy
hasPart discussion of the conduct and regulation of affections
discussion of the nature of passions
illustrations on the moral sense
influenced Adam Smith
David Hume
Scottish Enlightenment moral philosophy
influencedBy Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
language English
mainTopic affections
human emotions
moral judgment
moral sense
passions
philosophicalQuestion How do passions and affections influence moral judgment?
What is the basis of moral approval?
philosophicalSchool British moralists
Scottish Enlightenment
philosophicalTradition moral sense theory
relatedWork An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue

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Francis Hutcheson notableWork An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense