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Jan 29, 1980 · In it Hume attempts to give an empiricist theory of justice. He rejects the view, approximated to in varying degrees by Cumberland, Cudworth, Locke, Clarke, Wollaston, and Butler, that justice is something ‘natural’ and part of the nature of things, and that its edicts are eternal and immutable, and discernible by reason.
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Oct 29, 2004 · In the Treatise Hume includes among the artificial virtues honesty with respect to property (which he often calls equity or “justice,” though it is a strangely narrow use of the term), fidelity to promises (sometimes also listed under “justice”), allegiance to one’s government, conformity to the laws of nations (for princes), chastity ...
Feb 26, 2001 · Today, philosophers recognize Hume as a thoroughgoing exponent of philosophical naturalism, as a precursor of contemporary cognitive science, and as the inspiration for several of the most significant types of ethical theory developed in contemporary moral philosophy. 1. Life and Works. 2. The relation between the Treatise and the Enquiries. 3.
Mar 8, 2002 · Under certain conditions, given that we are sensible of the advantages of living in human society, our self-love or self-interest may be given an “alteration of its direction,” and induce us to respect the rules of justice. These Hume thinks of primarily as involving honesty and “particular” property rules (T III.ii.II). That ...
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Hume also speaks of “artificial virtues” such as justice, which is obedience to the rules governing the possession and exchange of property. Individual acts of justice may be “contrary to the public good,” and conversely, individual acts of injustice—stealing from a rich rascal to feed poor children, for example—may seem to produce ...
Information. The Cambridge Companion to Hume's Treatise , pp. 301 - 332. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9781139016100.015. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2015. Access options. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below.
Hume's theory of justice in the Treatise is surely the centerpiece for his thinking about political matters. Now, justice is a truly protean concept. Beginning with Plato, many philosophers have remarked on its distinctive ability to call forth a variety of natural human virtues and to remind us of disparate conventional practices.