An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Author: David Hume
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199266333

An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, first published in 1751, was the third of David Hume's major philosophical treatises. Hume's aim in this elegant and lucid work was to present in an accessible way his theory of the foundation of morality in human nature, a theory which had developed significantly since he first addressed the subject in A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40). He considered this Enquiry to be 'of all my writings, historical, philosophical, or literary, incomparably the best'.

Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Author: Esther Engels Kroeker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 110842287X

Examines each section of Hume's second Enquiry in detail and considers its place within Hume's philosophy as a whole.