Hutcheson: Two Texts on Human Nature

by Francis Hutcheson

Book Overview

Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was the first major philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, and one of the great thinkers in the history of British moral philosophy. He firmly rejected the reductionist view, common then as now, that morality is nothing more than the prudent pursuit of self-interest, arguing in favour of a theory of a moral sense. The two texts presented here are the most eloquent expressions of this theory. The Reflections on our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521057108
• ISBN13: 9780521057103
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"