Motivation and the Moral Sense in Francis Hutcheson’s Ethical Theory
Although the works of Francis Hutcheson are unfamiliar to most students of philosophy, it cannot be said that he has been entirely ignored. To be sure, most of the recent writers who deal with Hutcheson's philosophy do so in the course of writing about Hutcheson's famous contemporary, Davi...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1971, 1971
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1971 |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Hutcheson’s Life and Works
- Method of Treatment
- I.Hutcheson’s Theory of Motivation
- The Origins and Distinctive Characteristics of Hutcheson’s
- Theory of Motivation
- Hutcheson’s Refutation of Egoism
- Hutcheson’s Treatment of Desire and Pleasure
- The Calm Desires
- The Place of Reason in Conduct
- Concluding Comments on Hutcheson’s Theory of Motivation
- II. Hutcheson’s Moral Sense Theory
- Shaftesbury’s Influence
- The Epistemological Background of Hutcheson’s Moral Sense Theory
- The Nature and Function of the Moral Sense
- The Nature of Moral Judgments
- III. The Moral Sense and Motivation
- Introductory Statement of Problem
- Hutcheson’s Criticisms of the Rationalists
- The Moral Sense and Motivation
- Obligation and motivation
- Concluding Remarks
- IV. Motivation and the Moral Sense in Hutgheson’s Later Works
- V. Concluding Remarks
- The Moral Sense and Moral Feelings
- The Justification of Moral Judgments
- The Nature of Moral Judgments
- Motivation and the Moral Sense
- Selected Bibliography