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- Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Nature of Morals Founded on the Human Fabric
- Chapter 2 The Pride of Pericles
- Chapter 3 Justice and Politics in the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Chapter 4 History, Context, and the Conventions of Political Society
- Chapter 5 “Why Utility Pleases”
- Chapter 6 Hume on Talents and Moral Virtues
- Chapter 7 Virtues Suspect and Sublime
- Chapter 8 Sympathy and the Sources of Moral Sentiment
- Chapter 9 Virtue and Moral Psychology in the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Chapter 10 Hume, Cicero, and the Ancients
- Chapter 11 Hume on Religion in the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Chapter 12 Moral Disagreement
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2021
- Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Nature of Morals Founded on the Human Fabric
- Chapter 2 The Pride of Pericles
- Chapter 3 Justice and Politics in the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Chapter 4 History, Context, and the Conventions of Political Society
- Chapter 5 “Why Utility Pleases”
- Chapter 6 Hume on Talents and Moral Virtues
- Chapter 7 Virtues Suspect and Sublime
- Chapter 8 Sympathy and the Sources of Moral Sentiment
- Chapter 9 Virtue and Moral Psychology in the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Chapter 10 Hume, Cicero, and the Ancients
- Chapter 11 Hume on Religion in the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Chapter 12 Moral Disagreement
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Summary
In the Introduction to this Critical Guide to Hume’s Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (EPM) we bring to light several reasons for which this book merits attention, and we offer an overview of the chapters. The Guide reveals Hume’s commitment to his earlier principles but also his shift in style and focus. It contributes to a general understanding of Hume’s position in his time, as a typical Enlightenment philosopher with an unorthodox agenda, and in ours, as a thinker whose views are alive in contemporary debates. EPM was Hume’s favorite performance, and this guide supports Hume’s ambition to see EPM receive the attention and study he thought it deserved.
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- Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of MoralsA Critical Guide, pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021