{"product_id":"an-enquiry-concerning-the-principles-of-morals-humes-classic-enquiry-into-ethics-sympathy-utility-and-virtue-paperback","title":"An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals: Hume's Classic Enquiry into Ethics, Sympathy, Utility, and Virtue - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals\u003c\/em\u003e is David Hume's mature statement on ethics, sympathy, utility, virtue, and the foundations of moral judgement.\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in 1751, the work revises and sharpens Hume's earlier moral philosophy from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Treatise of Human Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, asking not whether morality rests on abstract reason alone, but how human beings actually approve, condemn, admire, and blame. Hume argues that moral distinctions arise from human sentiment, social feeling, usefulness, and the qualities that make character beneficial or agreeable to oneself and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is central to Enlightenment moral philosophy because it treats ethics as part of a broader \"science of man\" an inquiry into human nature, social life, custom, sympathy, and practical judgement. Hume's discussion of justice, benevolence, utility, merit, obligation, and the artificial and natural virtues helped shape later debates in ethics, utilitarian thought, moral psychology, political philosophy, and Scottish Enlightenment studies. For readers of classic philosophy, moral philosophy, empiricism, secular ethics, and eighteenth-century thought, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e remains one of Hume's most accessible and important works. Liberty Fund describes Hume's two \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnquiries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e as among his most important works in moral philosophy, epistemology, and psychology, revising the earlier \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e into the project Hume understood as his \"science of man.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423192416323,"sku":"9781604595383","price":18.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/4399\/2899\/files\/IZOkviZoQU9781604595383.webp?v=1781705229","url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/an-enquiry-concerning-the-principles-of-morals-humes-classic-enquiry-into-ethics-sympathy-utility-and-virtue-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}