Francis Hutcheson

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Scottish Enlightenment figure moral philosopher philosopher university professor

Francis Hutcheson was an 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment philosopher and moral theorist whose ideas on moral sense and benevolence significantly shaped later thinkers, including Adam Smith.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish Enlightenment figure ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university professor ⓘ
almaMater	University of Glasgow ⓘ
birthDate	1694-08-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Drumalig, County Down ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1746-08-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Glasgow ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
education	Presbyterian ministry training ⓘ
employer	University of Glasgow ⓘ
era	18th-century philosophy ⓘ Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Scottish ⓘ
field	aesthetics ⓘ ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
influenced	Adam Smith ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Scottish common sense philosophy ⓘ Thomas Reid ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
influencedBy	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ John Locke ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
mainInterest	benevolence ⓘ human nature ⓘ moral sense ⓘ natural law ⓘ political liberty ⓘ
movement	Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
name	Francis Hutcheson self-link ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
notableIdea	benevolence as the foundation of virtue ⓘ the greatest happiness for the greatest number formula ⓘ the moral sense as an internal sense of right and wrong ⓘ
notableWork	A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy ⓘ A System of Moral Philosophy ⓘ An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense ⓘ An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue ⓘ
occupation	clergyman ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university professor ⓘ
parent	Alexander Hutcheson ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	moral sense theory ⓘ sentimentalism ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow ⓘ head of the moral philosophy chair at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
religion	Presbyterianism ⓘ
spouse	Mary Wilson ⓘ
taught	Adam Smith ⓘ

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