Virtue by Consensus: The Moral Philosophy of Hutcheson, Hume, and Adam Smith

By Vincent M. Hope

Some of the most important achievements in the field of empiricist ethics were made by the School of Moral Sentiment, comprising Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, and Adam Smith. This book throws new light on their consensus theory of virtue. Hope works some of their ideas into a merit theory of rights applicable to conventional rights, defends ethical cognitivism, and analyzes pleasure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198248407
• ISBN13: 9780198248408
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.6" x 5.7"