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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on morality ▪ James Baillie ‘Hume on Morality is clearly written, well-organized, and especially admirable for the attention it gives to Hume’s account of the passions and the importance of the general point of view to Hume’s understanding of moral judgement.’ Geoff Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ‘This is a lucid and well-organized introduction to Hume’s moral philosophy. The book will prove particularly useful to students who are looking for a reliable account and review of Hume’s central arguments. Baillie is careful to show how Hume’s views on morality relate to his wider philosophical system.’ Paul Russell, University of British Columbia David Hume (1711–76) is one of the greatest figures in the history of British philosophy. Of all of Hume’s writings, the philosophically most profound is undoubtedly his first, A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume on Morality provides us with a map to Books 2 and 3 of the Treatise, focusing on Hume’s theory of the passions and morality. This book sets out its principal ideas and arguments of the Treatise in a clear and readable way and is ideal for anyone coming to Hume’s Treatise for the first time. It also covers An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals , and there is a substantial section on the essay ‘Of the Standard of Taste’. James Baillie is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Portland. He is the author of Problems in Personal Identity (1993) and editor of Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (1997). Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks Edited by Tim Crane and Jonathan Wolff University College London Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on morality ▪ James Baillie LONDON AND NEW YORK Hegel on History Joseph McCarney Hume on Knowledge Harold W. Noonan Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason Sebastian Gardner Mill on Liberty Jonathan Riley Mill on Utilitarianism Roger Crisp Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations Marie McGinn Heidegger and Being and Time Stephen Mulhall Plato and the Republic Nickolas Pappas Locke on Government D.A. Lloyd Thomas Locke on Human Understanding E.J. Lowe Spinoza and Ethics Genevieve Lloyd First published 2000 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. © 2000 James Baillie All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized 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. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Baillie, James, 1957– Hume on morality/ James Baillie. (Routledge philosophy guidebooks) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Hume, David 1711–1776–Ethics I. Series. B1499.E8 B35 2000 170'.92–dc21 99-059823 ISBN 0-203-13370-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-415-18048-1 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-18049-X (pbk) Contents Acknowledgements vii List of abbreviations ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Background on the understanding 18 3 The passions 34 4 Motivation and will 68 5 Against moral rationalism 97 6 The virtues 133 7 The moral stance 175 Bibliography 200 Index 205 Acknowledgements I am grateful to the University of Portland for granting me a term’s sabbatical to work on this book. Many thanks to my colleague Jeff Gauthier for his careful reading of my first draft. I was also fortunate to receive many useful comments from Geoffrey Sayre-McCord and Paul Russell, who reviewed the manuscript for Routledge. Finally, thanks to Jonathan Wolff for inviting me to write the book, and for all his help during the process.
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