Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy

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""The picture of Hume clinging timidly to a raft of custom and artifice, because, poor skeptic, he has no alternative, is wrong, "" writes John Stewart. ""Hume was confident that by experience and reflection philosophers can achieve true principles."" In this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, John B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Contributions in political science.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Contributions in political ethics.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Et la pensee politique et sociale.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Et la morale politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. The Argument before Hume: The Legalists' Dilemma
  • 2. The Argument before Hume: Beginning a New Science
  • 3. Morality Explained
  • 4. Civil Society
  • 5. Hume and Reform: Discovering True Principles
  • 6. Changing the British Mind
  • Index

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