Botros, Sophie.

Hume, reason and morality : a legacy of contradiction / Sophie Botros. - London ; Routledge, 2006. - x, 253 p. : 24 cm. - Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 5 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index.

A contradiction, not an ambiguity -- Validity and the 'moderate' version -- Metaphysics and the 'extreme' version -- Sentimentalists, secondary qualities and sensations -- The inconsolable sceptic -- Morality's dynamism -- Desires, beliefs, and 'direction of fit' -- A riddle and a buried assumption -- The case of Owen Wingrave.

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Hume, David, 1711-1776.


Reason.
Ethics.
Contradiction.

B1499.R4 / BOT 2006

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