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Rethinking the Western Tradition The volumes in this series seek to address the present debate over the Western tradition by reprinting key works of that tradition along with essays that evaluate each text from different perspectives. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE FOR Rethinking the Western Tradition David Bromwich Yale University Ian Shapiro Yale University Steven B. Smith Yale University Shannon C. Stimson Georgetown University David Hume on Morals, Politics, and Society Edited by Angela Coventry and Andrew Valls with an Introduction by Andrew Valls with essays by Mark G. Spencer Elizabeth S. Radcliffe Frederick G. Whelan Peter Vanderschraaf and Andrew Valls New Haven & London Published with assistance from the Annie Burr Lewis Fund. Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. Copyright © 2018 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Yale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, business, or promotional use. For information, please e-mail [email protected] (U.S. offi ce) or [email protected] (U.K. offi ce). Set in Times Roman type by Newgen North America, Austin, Texas. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018938116 isbn 978-0-300-20714-9 (paperback : alk. paper) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contributors Angela Coventry is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University. Elizabeth S. Radcliffe is Professor of Philosophy at the College of William and Mary. Mark G. Spencer is Professor of History at Brock University. Andrew Valls is Associate Professor of Political Science at Oregon State University. Peter Vanderschraaf is Professor of Philosophy at University of California Merced. Frederick G. Whelan is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of Pittsburgh. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction by Andrew Valls xi Index of Names xxv Note on the Texts lv Texts An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals 3 1. Of the General Principles of Morals 3 2. Of Benevolence 8 3. Of Justice 13 4. Of Political Society 30 5. Why Utility Pleases 35 6. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves 50 7. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves 63 8. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Others 71 9. Conclusion 76 Appendixes 1. Concerning Moral Sentiment 88 2. Of Self-Love 95 3. Some Farther Considerations with Regard to Justice 101 4. Of Some Verbal Disputes 108 A Dialogue 117 Essays, Moral, Political and Literary 132 1. Of the Liberty of the Press 133 2. That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science 136 3. Of the First Principles of Government 147 4. Of the Origin of Government 151 5. Of Parties in General 155 viii Contents 6. Of National Characters 162 7. Of Commerce 176 8. Of Refi nement in the Arts 187 9. Of Public Credit 196 10. Of the Original Contract 208 11. Of Passive Obedience 224 12. Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth 227 Essays The Composition, Reception, and Early Infl uence of Hume’s Essays and Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, by Mark G. Spencer 241 How Hume Infl uenced Contemporary Moral Philosophy, by Elizabeth S. Radcliffe 265 Political Science and Political Theory in Hume’s Essays, by Frederick G. Whelan 290 Hume on Decisions, Convention, and Justice, by Peter Vanderschraaf and Andrew Valls 317 Index 339 Acknowledgments Many thanks to Gretchen Becker, Sione Filimoehala, and James Funston for their fi ne work on the text and Index of Names. We are grateful as well to Bill Frucht and two anonymous reviewers for very helpful com- ments on the manuscript, Margaret Otzel for her guidance in preparing the manuscript, and Margaret Hogan for her excellent copyediting. We also thank the Center for the Humanities, the College of Liberal Arts, and the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University for support for the In- dex through a Faculty Excellence Publication Support Grant.
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