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Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology is an exceptionally interesting and illuminating reflection on Hume’s contributions to moral philosophy and in particular its relations, both methodological and doctrinal, to contemporary cognitive psychology. — John Bricke, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Kansas Recent work at the intersection of moral philosophy and the philosophy of psychology has dealt mostly with Aristotelian virtue ethics. The dearth of scholarship that engages with Hume’s moral philosophy, however, is both noticeable and peculiar. H ume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology demonstrates how Hume’s moral philosophy comports with recent work from the empirical sciences and moral psychology. It shows how contemporary work in virtue ethics has much stronger similarities to the metaphysically thin conception of human nature that Hume developed, rather than the metaphysically thick conception of human nature that Aristotle espoused. It also reveals how contemporary work in moral motivation and moral epistemology has strong affinities with themes in Hume’s sympathetic sentimentalism. Philip A. Reed is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Canisius College, USA, where he also codirects the Ethics and Justice Programs. His main areas of interest are in ethics, political philosophy, and moral psychology. His articles on Hume’s moral psychology appear in such places as H istory of Philosophy Quarterly , P acific Philosophical Quarterly , and Canadian Journal of Philosophy. He has also published articles in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, J ournal of Medicine and Philosophy, and Christian Bioethics. Rico Vitz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, USA, and serves as the Executive Vice President- Treasurer of the Hume Society. He is the author of Reforming the Art of Living: Nature, Virtue, and Religion in Descartes’s Epistemology, co-editor of T he Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social , and the editor of T urning East: Contemporary Philosophers and the Ancient Christian Faith. Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy Kant and the Cultivation of Virtue Chris W. Surprenant The Post-Critical Kant Understanding the Critical Philosophy through the Opus postumum Bryan Wesley Hall Kant’s Inferentialism The Case Against Hume David Landy Rousseau’s Ethics of Truth A Sublime Science of Simple Souls Jason Neidleman Kant and the Scottish Enlightenment Edited by Elizabeth Robinson and Chris W. Surprenant Kant and the Reorientation of Aesthetics Finding the World Joseph J. Tinguely Hume’s Science of Human Nature Scientific Realism, Reason, and Substantial Explanation David Landy Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology Edited by Philip A. Reed and Rico Vitz For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/ Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology Edited by Philip A. Reed and Rico Vitz First published 2018 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2018 Taylor & Francis The right of the editors to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-1-138-74475-2 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-18083-0 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC For Don Garrett and David Solomon, with gratitude Contents List of Abbreviations ix Preface x CHRISTIAN B. MILLER Acknowledgments xii Introduction: Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: An Overview 1 PHILIP A. REED 1 Beyond the “Disease of the Learned”: Hume on Passional Disorders 9 MARGARET WATKINS 2 Hume on the Rarity of Virtue 40 PHILIP A. REED 3 Spontaneity, Intuition, and Humean Virtue 63 ERIN FRYKHOLM 4 Character, Culture, and Humean Virtue Ethics: Insights From Situationism and Confucianism 91 RICO VITZ 5 Empathy, Autism, and Hume 115 KATHARINA PAXMAN 6 Cultivating Empathic Concern and Altruistic Motivation: Insights From Hume and Batson 142 ANNETTE PIERDZIWOL viii Contents 7 Preserving Practicality: In Defense of Hume’s Sympathy- Based Ethics 170 LORENZO GRECO 8 Hume, Bloom, and Moral Inclusion 191 ANNE JAAP JACOBSON 9 Empathy, Interdependency, and Morality: Building From Hume’s Account 208 LORRAINE L. BESSER 10 The Philosophical Power of Hume’s Notion of Love 226 CHRISTINE SWANTON 11 Hume on the Methods and Limits of the Science of Human Nature 243 SAUL TRAIGER 12 Hume on Moral Motivation 263 MICHAEL B. GILL 13 Passionate Regulation and the Practicality of Reason 287 ELIZABETH S. RADCLIFFE 14 Hume on Affective Leadership 311 ERIC SCHLIESSER Conclusion: Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: Future Directions 334 RICO VITZ Contributors’ Information 345 Bibliography 349 Index 377 Abbreviations DP Hume, David. 2008. A Dissertation on the Passions . In A Dissertation on the Passions; The Natural History of Religion: A Critical Edition . Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp. Oxford: Clarendon Press. EHU Hume, David. 2006. An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding . Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp. Oxford: Clarendon Press. EMPL Hume, David. 1987. Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary. Revised Edition. Edited by Eugene F. Miller. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Classics. EPM Hume, David. 2006. A n Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals . Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp. Oxford: Clarendon Press. NHR Hume, David. 2008. The Natural History of Religion. In A Dissertation on the Passions; The Natural History of Religion: A Critical Edition . Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp. Oxford: Clarendon Press. SBN When preceded by ‘EHU’: Hume, David. 1975. A n Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. In Enquiries concerning Human Understanding and concerning the Principles of Morals . 3rd Edition. Edited by L. A. Selby-Bigge. Revised by P. H. Nidditch. Oxford: Oxford University Press. When preceded by ‘EPM’: Hume, David. 1975. A n Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals. In Enquiries concerning Human Understanding and the Principles of Morals . 3rd Edition. Edited by L. A. Selby-Bigge. Revised by P. H. Nidditch. Oxford: Oxford University Press. When preceded by ‘T’: Hume, David. 1978. A Treatise of Human Nature . 2nd Edition. Edited by L. A. Selby-Bigge. Revised by P. H. Nidditch. Oxford: Oxford University Press. T Hume, David. 2000. A Treatise of Human Nature . Edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Letters Hume, David. 2011. The Letters of David Hume . Edited by J.Y.T. Greig. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press.