The Moral Animus of David HumeRejecting a morality based on religious sanctions and appeals to a spiritual order of being, David Hume advocated a wholehearted immersion in worldliness. Contemtus mundi is replaced with amor mundi, an orientation that Hume saw as fostering virtue and socially beneficial relationships. |
Contents
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Humes Shaping Moral Imagination | 17 |
In Search of the Hero of Feeling | 25 |
Religion and the Peace of Society | 62 |
The Things of This World | 136 |
Moral Skepticism | 170 |
David Humes Last Words | 197 |
Notes | 213 |
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