Author: Richard PricePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
Author: Richard PricePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
A Review of the principal questions and difficulties in Morals, etc
Author: Richard PriceAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Author: David HumePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199266333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, first published in 1751, was the third of David Hume's major philosophical treatises. Hume's aim in this elegant and lucid work was to present in an accessible way his theory of the foundation of morality in human nature, a theory which had developed significantly since he first addressed the subject in A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40). He considered this Enquiry to be 'of all my writings, historical, philosophical, or literary, incomparably the best'.
A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
Author: Richard PricePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Ethical Rationalism and Secularisation in the British Enlightenment
Author: Dafydd Mills DanielPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030522032
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book reassesses the ethics of reason in the Age of the Reason, making use of the neglected category of conscience. Arguing that conscience was a central feature of British Enlightenment ethical rationalism, the book explores the links between Enlightenment philosophy and modern secularisation, while responding to longstanding criticisms of rational intuitionism and the analogy between mathematics and morals, derived from David Hume and Immanuel Kant. Questioning in what sense British Enlightenment ethical rationalism can be associated with a secularising ‘Enlightenment project’, Daniel investigates the extent to which contemporary, and secular liberal, invocations of reason and conscience rely on the early modern Christian metaphysics they have otherwise disregarded. The chapters cover a rich collection of subjects, ranging from the Enlightenment’s secular legacy, reason and conscience in the history of ethics, and controversies in the Scottish Enlightenment, to the role of British moralists such as John Locke, Joseph Butler and Adam Smith in the secularisation of reason and conscience. Each chapter expertly refines Enlightenment ethical rationalism by reinterpreting its most influential proponents in eighteenth-century Britain – the followers of ‘Isaac Newton’s bulldog’ Samuel Clarke – including Richard Price (Edmund Burke’s opponent over the French Revolution) and John Witherspoon (the only clergyman to sign the US declaration of Independence).
References to the Principal Works in every Department of Religious Literature
Author: Howard MalcomPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375014376
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
British Moralists
Author: Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-BiggePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Thomas Reid's Ethics
Author: William C. DavisPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847144438
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Thomas Reid (1710-96) was one of the most daring and original thinkers of the eighteenth century. His work became the cornerstone of the Scottish School of Common Sense Philosophy, and was highly influential in nineteenth-century America; it also anticipated the thinking of such twentieth-century figures as Moore and Wittgenstein. Now, after a long period of neglect, his philosophy is again the subject of increasing attention across the world. For Reid, knowing about ethics is a matter of having 'good evidence' supplied by a sense-like moral faculty. William Davis's book shows how such a view can be both consistent and plausible in the twenty-first century. Thomas Reid's Ethics begins by characterizing the state of moral epistemology at the time when Reid was writing. It goes on to recount Reid's central claims about the moral sense, and describes the various problems that confront those who would explain and defend his views. Davis lays the foundation for resolving these difficulties by detailing an epistemological conception of evidence which parallels the legal conception of evidence used by the Scottish courts of Reid's day. He then shows how Reid's claims about evidence and self-evidence are best understood in light of this legal model. The book concludes by responding to recent worries about 'moral sense' theories, and offers a final assessment of the success of Reid's ethical project. The book will be of substantial interest not only to Reid scholars and historians of philosophy, but also to specialists and students in contemporary ethics.
Bentham's an Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Author: Steven SverdlikPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190089903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is a foundational work of the utilitarian tradition in moral and political philosophy. In this comprehensive guide for philosophy students, Steven Sverdlik discusses the entire Introduction, highlighting its central claims and their relations to contemporary debates in areas such as moral and legal philosophy. The Guide emphasizes Bentham's original goal of introducing a utilitarian penal code. Sverdlik considers the chapters of Bentham's text sequentially, explaining and connecting the work's main themes. These are Bentham's fundamental moral assumptions--the principle of utility and his hedonistic theory of intrinsic value--on the one hand, and, on the other, his psychological theories about pleasure and pain, human motivation, decision-making, and action. Sverdlik explains the abstract psychological framework Bentham develops and how he applies it in the context of penal or criminal law. Bentham's psychological and moral theories form the groundwork of his treatment of the deterrence of potential offenders, the punishment of convicted offenders, and the criminalization of various types of behavior. By restating Bentham's thinking about these topics in contemporary philosophical terms, Sverdlik allows readers to see how it relates to current ideas about the proper goals of criminal justice systems.