The concepts of sympathy and humanitarianism in the moral philosophy of David Hume
In this paper, we analyze Humes’s principles of sympathyand humanitarianismin both the Treatise of human natureand An Inquiry concerning the principles of morals, in order to establish whether Hume made a change of principle between these two works, which significantly alter his moral theory. All...
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- Fecha de publicación:
- 2020
- Institución:
- Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/11253
- Acceso en línea:
- https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cuestiones_filosofia/article/view/9238
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/11253
- Palabra clave:
- filosofía moral
filosofía moderna
benevolencia
simpatía
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- Derechos de autor 2020 CARLOS RUBEN GELVEZ, ARMANDO ROJAS CLAROS
| Summary: | In this paper, we analyze Humes’s principles of sympathyand humanitarianismin both the Treatise of human natureand An Inquiry concerning the principles of morals, in order to establish whether Hume made a change of principle between these two works, which significantly alter his moral theory. All this on the understanding that sympathy requires a theoretical framework for justification and correction of selfish feelings that humanitarianism, which appeal to politically correct feelings, completely abandon. |
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