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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

David Hume

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 138 pages

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals is a philosophical essay by David Hume. It examines the foundations of morality, arguing that moral judgments stem from sentiment and human nature rather than reason alone. Its clear prose makes it a valuable listen for those interested in ethics.

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AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING
THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS
By David Hume
A 1912 Reprint Of The Edition Of 1777
Information About This E-Text Edition
The following is an e-text of a 1912 reprint of
the 1777 edition of David Hume's An Enquiry
Concerning the Principles of Morals. Each
page was cut out of the original book with an
X-acto knife and fed into an Automatic
Document Feeder Scanner to make this e-text,
so the original book was disbinded in order to
save it.
Some adaptations from the original text were
made while formatting it for an e-text. Italics in
the original book are capitalized in this e-text.
The original spellings of words are preserved,
such as "connexion" for "connection," "labour"
for "labor," etc. Original footnotes are put in
brackets at the points where they are cited in
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Contents

  1. AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS
  2. Contents
  3. CONTENTS PAGE
  4. APPENDIX.
  5. AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS
  6. SECTION I. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MORALS.
  7. SECTION II. OF BENEVOLENCE.
  8. PART I.
  9. PART II.
  10. SECTION III. OF JUSTICE.
  11. PART I.
  12. PART II.
  13. SECTION IV.
  14. SECTION V. WHY UTILITY PLEASES.
  15. PART I.
  16. PART II.
  17. SECTION VI. OF QUALITIES USEFUL TO OURSELVES.
  18. PART I.
  19. PART II.
  20. SECTION VII.
  21. SECTION VIII.
  22. SECTION IX. CONCLUSION.
  23. PART I.
  24. PART II.
  25. APPENDIX I. CONCERNING MORAL SENTIMENT
  26. APPENDIX II. OF SELF-LOVE.
  27. APPENDIX III. SOME FARTHER CONSIDERATIONS WITH REGARD TO JUSTICE.
  28. APPENDIX IV. OF SOME VERBAL DISPUTES.
  29. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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