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Mind and Morality: An Examination of Hume's Moral Psychology

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Mind and Morality: An Examination of Hume's Moral Psychology - Bricke, John
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This book is a penetrating study of the theory of mind and morality that Hume developed in his Treatise of Human Nature and other writings. Hume rejects any conception of moral beliefs and moral truths. He understands morality in terms of distinctive desires and other sentiments that arise through the correction of sympathy. Hume's theory presents a powerful challenge to recent cognitivist theories of moral judgement, Bricke argues, and suggests significant limitations to recent conventionalist and contractarian accounts of ...

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Mind and Morality: An Examination of Hume's Moral Psychology 2000, Clarendon Press

ISBN-13: 9780198250111

Revised edition

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Mind and Morality: An Examination of Hume's Moral Psychology 1996, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198235897

Hardcover