Morals, Motivation, and Convention: Hume's Influential Doctrines

By Francis Snare

Book Overview

This 1991 book is about the continuing influence of Hume's ideas on moral and political philosophy. In part, it is a critical exegesis of Hume's most impressive and challenging doctrines in Book III of the Treatise of Human Nature on such topics as morals, motivation, justice, and social institutions. However, the main thrust of the argument is to throw into relief the importance of that discussion for contemporary philosophy. While the author subjects most contemporary defences of Humean doctrines to intense criticism, he also seeks to discover what versions of Hume's theories might still be defensible and viable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892716
• ISBN13: 9780521892711
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"