An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume
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"An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals" by David Hume is a philosophical work published in 1751. Hume argues that morality is grounded in sentiment and feeling rather than reason alone. Through empirical investigation of how humans actually make moral judgments, he develops a sympathy-based theory that rejects pure self-interest and embraces altruistic concern. The work presents a virtue ethics framework, controversially dismissing certain religious virtues as harmful to human flourishing and
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| Author | Hume, David, 1711-1776 |
|---|---|
| Title | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enquiry_Concerning_the_Principles_of_Morals |
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Produced by John Mamoun, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 39.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion |
| Subject | Ethics |
| Subject | Conduct of life |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4320 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-04320-3 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Jan 22, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4116 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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