Freedom and Moral Sentiment: Hume's Way of Naturalizing Responsibility

by Paul Russell

Book Overview

In this book, Russell examines Hume's notion of free will and moral responsibility. It is widely held that Hume presents us with a classic statement of the "compatibilist" position--that freedom and responsibility can be reconciled with causation and, indeed, actually require it. Russell argues that this is a distortion of Hume's view, because it overlooks the crucial role of moral sentiment in Hume's picture of human nature. Hume was concerned to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195152905
• ISBN13: 9780195152906
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"