Hutcheson: Two Texts on Human Nature
"...we are fortunate to have these texts available. The volume will be of interest to both eighteenth-century specialists and those concerned with the history of moral philosophy." Canadian Philosophical Reviews
Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746) was the first major philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, and one of the great thinkers in the history of British moral philosophy. He firmly rejected the reductionist view, common then as now, that morality is nothing more than the prudent pursuit of self-interest, arguing in favour of a theory of a moral sense. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780521057103
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
"...we are fortunate to have these texts available. The volume will be of interest to both eighteenth-century specialists and those concerned with the history of moral philosophy." Canadian Philosophical Reviews