- Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
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David Hume
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David Hume, an eminent Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, explores the nature and foundation of Morals in this book, which was written as a popular summary of Book III in A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume states: “There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or from Sentiment; whether we attain the knowledge of them by a chain of argument and induction, or by an immediate feeling and finer internal sense; whether, like all sound judgement of truth and falsehood, they should be the same to every rational intelligent being; or whether, like the perception of beauty and deformity, they be founded entirely on the particular fabric and constitution of the human species.” (Excerpted from Section I – Of the General Principles of Morals)
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- Chapters
- Section I. Of the General Principles of Morals
- Section II. Of Benevolence, Part I
- Section II. Of Benevolence, Part II
- Section III. Of Justice, Part I
- Section III. Of Justice, Part II
- Section IV. Of Political Society
- Section V. Why Utility Pleases, Part I
- Section V. Why Utility Pleases, Part II
- Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Part I
- Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Part II
- Section VII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves
- Section VIII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Others
- Section IX. Conclusion, Part I
- Section IX. Conclusion, Part II
- Appendix I. Concerning Moral Sentiment
- Appendix II. Of Self-Love
- Appendix III. Some Farther Considerations with Regard to Justice
- Appendix IV. Of Some Verbal Disputes
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