"A genuine understanding of Hume's extraordinarily rich, important, and influential moral philosophy requires familiarity with all of his writings on vice and virtue, the passions, the will, and even judgments of beauty—and that means familiarity not only with large portions of A Treatise of Human Nature, but also with An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals and many of his essays as well. This volume is the one truly comprehensive collection of Hume's work on all of these topics. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, a leading moral philosopher and Hume scholar, has done a meticulous job of editing the texts and has provided an extensive Introduction that is at once accessible, accurate, and philosophically engaging, revealing the deep structure of Hume's moral philosophy."
—Don Garrett, New York University
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"A genuine understanding of Hume's extraordinarily rich, important, and influential moral philosophy requires familiarity with all of his writings on vice and virtue, the passions, the will, and even judgments of beauty—and that means familiarity not only with large portions of A Treatise of Human Nature, but also with An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals and many of his essays as well. This volume is the one truly comprehensive collection of Hume's work on all of these topics. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, a leading moral philosopher and Hume scholar, has done a meticulous job of editing the texts and has provided an extensive Introduction that is at once accessible, accurate, and philosophically engaging, revealing the deep structure of Hume's moral philosophy."
—Don Garrett, New York University
Contents:
Acknowledgments.
Hume's Moral Philosophy: An Introduction.
Note on the Texts.
Select Bibliography.
My Own Life.
Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq.
A Treatise of Human Nature:
Book II: Of the Passions:
Part I: Of Pride and Humility
Section I. Division of the subject
Section II. Of pride and humility; their objects and causes
Section III. Whence these objects and causes are deriv'd
Section IV. Of the relations of impressions and ideas
Section V. Of the influence of these relations on pride and humility
Section VI. Limitations of this system
Section VII. Of vice and virtue
Section XI. Of the love of fame
Part II: Of Love and Hatred
Section I. Of the objects and causes of love and hatred
Section II. Experiments to confirm this system
Section III. Difficulties solv'd
Part III: Of the Will and Direct Passions
Section I. Of liberty and necessity
Section II. The same subject continu'd
Section III. Of the influencing motives of the will
Book III: Of Morals
Part I: Of Virtue and Vice in General
Section I. Moral distinctions not deriv'd from reason
Section II. Moral distinctions deriv'd from a moral sense
Part II: Of Justice and Injustice
Section I. Justice, whether a natural or artificial virtue?
Section II. Of the origin of justice and property
Section III. Of the rules, which determine property
Section IV. Of the transference of property by consent
Section V. Of the obligation of promises
Section VI. Some farther reflections concerning justice and injustice
Section VII. Of the origin of government
Section VIII. Of the source of allegiance
Section IX. Of the measures of allegiance
Section X. Of the objects of allegiance
Section XI. Of the laws of nations
Section XII. Of chastity and modesty
Part III: Of the Other Virtues and Vices
Section I. Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices
Section II. Of greatness of mind
Section III. Of goodness and benevolence
Section IV. Of natural abilities
Section V. Some farther reflections concerning the natural virtues
Section VI. Conclusion of this book
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Section I. Of the General Principles of Morals
Section II. Of Benevolence
Section III. Of Justice
Section IV. Of Political Society
Section V. Why Utility Pleases
Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves
Section VII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves
Section VIII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Others
Section IX. Conclusion
Appendix I. Concerning Moral Sentiment
Appendix II. Of Self-Love
Appendix III. Some Farther Considerations with Regard to Justice
Appendix IV. Of Some Verbal Disputes
A Dialogue
Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary
Essay I. Of the Delicacy of Taste and Passion
Essay II. Of the Origin of Government
Essay III. Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature
Essay IV. Of Civil Liberty
Essay V. The Sceptic
Essay VI. Of the Standard of Taste
Essay VII. Of the Original Contract
Essay VIII. Of Suicide
Index.
About the Author:
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord is Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.