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Utility and Humanity: The Quest for the Honestum in Cicero, Hutcheson, and Hume.James Moore - 2002 - Utilitas 14 (3):365-386.details Hume consideredAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals(1751) incomparably the best of all his writings. In the argument advanced here, I propose that Hume's preference for theEnquirymay be linked to his admiration of Cicero, and his work,De Officiis.Cicero's attempt to discover thehonestumof morality inDe Officiishad a particular relevance and appeal for philosophers of the early eighteenth century who were seeking to establish what they called the foundation of morality. One of those philosophers was Francis Hutcheson; his differences with his contemporaries (...) Francis Hutcheson in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Hume and Other Philosophers in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Hume: Normative Ethics in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Hume: Value Theory in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Moral Emotion in Normative Ethics Normative Ethics Direct download (7 more) Export citation Bookmark 5 citations
Exciting Reasons and Moral Rationalism in Hutcheson's Illustrations upon the Moral Sense.John J. Tilley - 2012 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 50 (1):53-83.details One of the most oft-cited parts of Francis Hutcheson’s Illustrations upon the Moral Sense (1728) is his discussion of “exciting reasons.” In this paper I address the question: What is the function of that discussion? In particular, what is its relation to Hutcheson’s attempt to show that the rationalists’ normative thesis ultimately implies, contrary to their moral epistemology, that moral ideas spring from a sense? Despite first appearances, Hutcheson’s discussion of exciting reasons is not part of that attempt. Mainly, it (...) 17th/18th Century British Philosophy, Misc in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Francis Hutcheson in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Moral Motivation in Meta-Ethics Moral Rationalism in Meta-Ethics Moral Reasoning and Motivation, Misc in Meta-Ethics Moral Reasons in Meta-Ethics Direct download (5 more) Export citation Bookmark
Intellect versus affect: finding leverage in an old debate.Michael Milona - 2017 - Philosophical Studies 174 (9):2251-2276.details We often claim to know about what is good or bad, right or wrong. But how do we know such things? Both historically and today, answers to this question have most commonly been rationalist or sentimentalist in nature. Rationalists and sentimentalists clash over whether intellect or affect is the foundation of our evaluative knowledge. This paper is about the form that this dispute takes among those who agree that evaluative knowledge depends on perceptual-like evaluative experiences. Rationalist proponents of perceptualism invoke (...) Moral Perception in Normative Ethics Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark 5 citations
Moral motivation in early 18th century moral rationalism.Daniel Eggers - 2019 - European Journal of Philosophy 27 (3):552-574.details In the modern debate in metaethics and moral psychology, moral rationalism is often presented as a view that cannot account for the intimate relation between moral behaviour on one hand and feelings, emotions, or desires on the other. Although there is no lack of references to the classic rationalists of the 18th century in the relevant discussions, the works of these writers are rarely ever examined detail. Yet, as the debate in Kant scholarship between “intellectualists” and “affectivists” impressively shows, a (...) 17th/18th Century British Philosophy, Misc in 17th/18th Century Philosophy Direct download (2 more) Export citation Bookmark 2 citations

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