An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

出版者:OUP Oxford

作者:David Hume

页数:300

出版时间:1998-1-29

价格:GBP 17.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780198751847

丛书系列:Oxford Philosophical Texts

图书标签:政治哲学哲学

The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of authoritative teaching editions of canonical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world down to modern times. Each volume provides a clear, well laid out text together with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist, giving the student detailed critical guidance on the intellectual context of the work and the structure and philosophical importance of the main arguments. Endnotes are supplied which provide further commentary on the arguments and explain unfamiliar references and terminology, and a full bibliography and index are also included. The series aims to build up a definitive corpus of key texts in the Western philosophical tradition, which will form a reliable and enduring resource for students and teachers alike. Shortly before his death, David Hume declared his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) to be the best of his many writings. In this highly influential work, Hume sets out his theory of justice and benevolence, and the other virtues, and argues that morality is founded on the natural feelings or 'sentiments' of humankind. The text printed in this edition is that of the Clarendon critical edition of Hume's works. A substantial introduction by the editor explains the intellectual background to the work and its relationship to the rest of Hume's philosophy. The volume also includes detailed explanatory notes on the text, a glossary of terms, a full list of references, and a section of supplementary readings.

读后感

休谟在本书中的理论完全建立在经验主义上。他并非通过抽象的推理先得出结论，而是从生活中的大量经验归纳出某种原理。以论题来看，这种论证方法有一定的合理性。因为脱离了现实的道德理论考证，显然是空中楼阁。但经验论往往会使推理停留在某一步，而不能再往前推进，因为...  

【按语：休谟的《道德原则研究，1751》是对《人性论》卷3的改写。休谟通过分析那些引发赞美或谴责的心理品质或习惯来展开研究；道德区别源于情感而非理性。仁爱和正义等德性中效用都是重要因素，公共效用甚至是社会性美德的唯一基础。效用的心理基础则是诸如人道和仁爱等心理品...  

【按语：休谟的《道德原则研究，1751》是对《人性论》卷3的改写。休谟通过分析那些引发赞美或谴责的心理品质或习惯来展开研究；道德区别源于情感而非理性。仁爱和正义等德性中效用都是重要因素，公共效用甚至是社会性美德的唯一基础。效用的心理基础则是诸如人道和仁爱等心理品...  

古典经验主义认为社会的形成靠的是道德和伦理力量的联结，而这些纽带得以形成的信条是效用性（休谟《人性论》《道德原则研究》），那么这似乎是假定了人人都有一种保全全体的倾向，也就是利他主义倾向，倘若人人自保，则分工不可以形成，那么社会就会崩溃。博弈论也有一个结论...