An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense

Author/creator Hutcheson, Francis Author
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Publication InfoIndianapolis : Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Description220 p. ill 15.500x23.000 cm.
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Summary Publisher Provided Annotation In An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense, Francis Hutcheson answers the criticism that had been leveled against his first book Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725). Together the two works constitute the great innovation in philosophy for which Hutcheson is most well known. The first half of the Essay presents a rich moral psychology built on a theory of the passions and an account of motivation, deepening and augmenting the doctrine of moral sense developed in the Inquiry. The second half of the work, the Illustrations, is a brilliant attack on rationalist moral theories and is the font of many of the arguments taken up by Hume and used to this day. As editor Aaron Garrett notes, In the Essay Hutcheson provides his crucial argument against Hobbes and Mandeville, that not just egoistic self-preservation, but also benevolence, is an essential feature of human nature."
Summary Annotation The work presents a rich moral psychology, built on a theory of the passions and an account of motivation. A brilliant attack on rationalist moral theories, it is the fount of many arguments taken up by Hume and used to this day. This edition collates the lifetime editions of 1728, 1730, and 1742.
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