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  1. Ethics.James Fieser - 2003 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
     
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  2. Do businesses have moral obligations beyond what the law requires?James Fieser - 1996 - Journal of Business Ethics 15 (4):457 - 468.
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    Hume's Classification of the Passions and Its Precursors.James Fieser - 1992 - Hume Studies 18 (1):1-17.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Hume's Classification of the Passions and Its Precursors James Fieser Hume's theory ofthe passions appears in book 2 ofhis Treatise (1739), and, in shorter form, in his "Dissertation on the Passions" originally from Four Dissertations (1757).1 When the "Dissertation" first appeared, two reviews criticized Hume's theory for being unoriginal. The first appearing review, which was in the Literary Magazine, says of the "Dissertation" that "we do not perceive any (...)
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    Hume's wide view of the virtues: An analysis of his early critics.James Fieser - 1998 - Hume Studies 24 (2):295-311.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Hume Studies Volume XXIV, Number 2, November 1998, pp. 295-311 Hume's Wide View of the Virtues: An Analysis of his Early Critics JAMES FIESER Hume discusses about 70 different virtues in his moral theory. Many of these are traditional virtues and have clear moral significance, such as benevolence, charity, honesty, wisdom, and honor. However, Hume also includes in his list of virtues some character traits whose moral significance is (...)
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    Hume's Pyrrhonism: A Developmental Interpretation.James Fieser - 1989 - Hume Studies 15 (1):93-119.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:93 HUME'S PYRRHONISM: A DEVELOPMENTAL INTERPRETATION* Hume's approach to philosophical problems is unique. Whether the issue is causality, external objects, or personal identity, we find the same approach. He begins by launching devastating attacks against popular theories. He then convinces us that his solution to the issue at hand is the only one that makes sense. But, then, he dashes our hopes by arguing that even his solutions contain (...)
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    Is Hume a moral skeptic?James Fieser - 1989 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 50 (1):89-105.
    I will approach this issue by seeing how Hume's moral theory compares to a contemporary standard of moral skepticism. Using J. L. Mackie's analysis of moral skepticism as a point of reference, I will argue that, as a normative theory, Hume's account of morality is not at all skeptical since he is offering a relatively optimistic consequentialist theory of right and wrong action. As a metaethical theory, however, I will argue that Hume is a weak metaethical skeptic insofar as he (...)
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    The Correlativity of Duties and Rights.James Fieser - 1992 - International Journal of Applied Philosophy 7 (2):1-7.
  8. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.James Fieser & Bradley Dowden (eds.) - 2011 - Routledge.
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    (1 other version)Scottish Common Sense Philosophy.James Fieser (ed.) - 2000 - Sterling, Va.: Thoemmes.
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    Hume’s Concealed Attack on Religion and His Early Critics.James Fieser - 1995 - Journal of Philosophical Research 20:431-449.
    Like Hume scholars today, Hume’s 18th century critics recognized his use of literary devices in his religious writings. Indeed, the early commentaries on Hume’s religious writings are dominated by attempts to identify and decode Hume’s concealed religious views. Little work has been done in Hume scholarship to understand the nature and scope of this aspect of his early critics. The purpose of the present essay is to resurrect the discussions of the “Natural History” and the Dialogues in which Hume’s 18th (...)
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    Callicott and the Metaphysical Basis of Ecocentric Morality.James Fieser - 1993 - Environmental Ethics 15 (2):171-180.
    According to the theory of ecocentric morality, the environment and its many ecosystems are entitled to a direct moral standing, and not simply a standing derivative from human interests. J. Baird Callicott has offered two possible metaphysical foundations for ecocentrism that attempt to show that inherent goodness can apply to environmental collections and not just to individual agents. I argue that Callicott’s first theory fails because it relies on a problematic theory of moral sentiments and that his second theory fails (...)
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    A historical introduction to philosophy: texts and interactive guides.James Fieser & Norman Lillegard (eds.) - 2002 - New York: Oxford University Press.
    Featuring a unique pedagogical apparatus, A Historical Introduction to Philosophy: Texts and Interactive Guides provides selections from the most influential primary works in philosophy from the Presocratics through the twentieth century, integrating them with substantial commentary and study questions. It offers extensive treatment of the Hellenistic and Renaissance periods--which are typically given only minimal coverage in other anthologies--and devotes substantial chapters to nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy. The selections are organized historically and are presented in short and manageable sections with organizational (...)
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    Beattie's Lost Letter to the London Review.James Fieser - 1994 - Hume Studies 20 (1):73-84.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Hume Studies Volume XX, Number 1, April 1994, pp. 73-84 Beattie's Lost Letter to the London Review JAMES FIESER The most well known written attack on Hume's philosophy during his life was James Beattie's Essay on the nature and immutability of truth (1770). Beattie's target was Hume's Treatise and its skeptical discussions of personal identity, the origin of ideas, causality, and virtue. His Essay was highly praised and resulted (...)
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  14. David Hume -- moral theory.James Fieser - 2001 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  15. David Hume -- writings on religion.James Fieser - 2001 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  16. David Hume - essays.James Fieser - 2001 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  17. (1 other version)David Hume: Life and writings.James Fieser - 2004 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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    Early responses to Hume's writings on religion.James Fieser (ed.) - 2001 - Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press.
    In the past 250 years, David Hume probably had a greater impact on the field of philosophy of religion than any other single philosopher. He relentlessly attacked the standard proofs for God's existence, traditional notions of God's nature and divine governance, the connection between morality and religion, and the rationality of belief in miracles. He also advanced radical theories of the origin of religious ideas, grounding such notions in human psychology rather than in divine reality. In the last decade of (...)
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    Early responses to Hume's life and reputation.James Fieser (ed.) - 2003 - Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press.
  20. Hume, David.James Fieser - 2011 - In James Fieser & Bradley Dowden (eds.), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge.
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    Hume's motivational distinction between natural and artificial virtues.James Fieser - 1997 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 5 (2):373 – 388.
    (1997). Hume's motivational distinction between natural and artificial virtues. British Journal for the History of Philosophy: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 373-388.
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  22. Hume on talents and moral virtues.James Fieser - 2021 - In Esther Engels Kroeker & Willem Lemmens (eds.), Hume's an Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals : A Critical Guide. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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    Hume’s Wide Construal of the Virtues.James Fieser - 1998 - The Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 11:39-45.
    The term "virtue" has traditionally been used to designate morally good character traits such as benevolence, charity, honesty, wisdom, and honor. Although ethicists do not commonly offer a definitive list of virtues, the number of virtues discussed is often short and their moral significance is clear. Hume's analysis of the virtues departs from this tradition both in terms of the quantity of virtues discussed and their obvious moral significance. A conservative estimate of the various virtues Hume refers to in his (...)
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    Moral philosophy through the ages.James Fieser - 2000 - Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield.
    This book takes a middle ground between the topical and historical approaches to Western ethics. The chapters are topically arranged, but preserve the flow of history in two ways. First, each chapter explains the historical development of the topic under consideration. Second, most chapters focus on a specific famous philosopher who championed a particular tradition, such as Aristotle, Locke, or Kant, and the chapters are chronologically ordered based on when these key philosophers lived.
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    Moore, Spencer, and the Naturalistic Fallacy.James Fieser - 1993 - History of Philosophy Quarterly 10 (3):271 - 276.
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    Pyrronizm Hume'a: interpretacja poszerzona.James Fieser - 2007 - Nowa Krytyka 20.
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    Philosophical questions: readings and interactive guides.James Fieser & Norman Lillegard (eds.) - 2005 - New York: Oxford University Press.
    In Philosophical Questions: Readings and Interactive Guides, James Fieser and Norman Lillegard make classic and contemporary philosophical writings genuinely accessible to students by incorporating numerous pedagogical aids throughout the book. Presenting the readings in manageable segments, they provide commentaries that elucidate difficult passages, explain archaic or technical terminology, and expand upon allusions to unfamiliar literature and arguments. In addition, opening "First Reactions" discussion questions, study questions, logic boxes, and chapter summaries require students to delve more deeply into important issues and (...)
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    Philosophical Questions: Readings and Interactive Guides: Instructor's Manual and Test Questions: Cd with Powerpoints.James Fieser & Norman Lillegard - 2005 - Oup Usa.
    This is the Techer's Handbook CD-Rom to accompany James Fieser and Norman Lillegard's Philosophical Questions: Readings and INteractive Guides. It contains chapter summaries and goals, discussion text, topical links and activities, suggestions for further readings, exam questions and answers, and Powerpoint slides.
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    The Compatibility of Eco-Centric Morality.James Fieser - 1992 - International Journal of Applied Philosophy 7 (1):37-40.
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    The Hume Literature, 2006 and 2007.James Fieser - 2007 - Hume Studies 33 (2):361-382.
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    The Hume Literature, 2009.James Fieser - 2010 - Hume Studies 36 (2):243-257.
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    The Hume Literature, 2010.James Fieser - 2011 - Hume Studies 37 (2):285-294.
    This bibliography covers the Hume literature for 2010, and follows upon the annual update begun by Rolland Hall for the years 1977 through 1985 and continued by William Edward Morris for 1986 through 2003. This installment, like previous ones, excludes items published in Hume Studies, which are indexed annually in each November issue. Readers of Hume Studies may contact me at [email protected] with additions or corrections to any previous year, which can be noted in future installments. I am grateful to (...)
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    The Hume Literature, 2004 and 2005.James Fieser - 2006 - Hume Studies 32 (2):371-388.
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    The Logic of Natural Law in Aquinas’s “Treatise on Law”.James F. Fieser - 1992 - Journal of Philosophical Research 17:155-172.
    Against recent commentators such as Annstrong, D’Arcy, Copleston, O’Connor, Bourke, and Grisez, I argue that the logic referred to by Thomas in his “Treatise on Law” should not be understood metaphorically. Instead, it involves a chain of syllogisms, beginning with the synderesis principle, followed by primary, secondary, and tertiary principles, and ends with a practical syllogism. In showing this, I attack the view that the synderesis principle, “good ought to be done and evil avoided,” is tautological. Second, I show the (...)
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    The Rise and Fall of James Beattie’s Common-sense Theory of Truth.James Fieser - 2007 - The Monist 90 (2):287-296.
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    The Eighteenth-Century British Reviews of Hume's Writings.James Fieser - 1996 - Journal of the History of Ideas 57 (4):645-657.
    This essay takes on two tasks. First it updates the standard list of eighteenth-century British reviews of Hume's writings by providing references to additional reviews which do not appear in the Hume literature. To Jessop's list of eighteen British reviews, thirteen new reviews are listed for first edition publications of Hume's writings and eight new reviews are listed for eighteenth-century abridgments and collections containing Hume's writings. Second, this essay presents a history of the early British review journals and a discussion (...)
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    The Hume Literature, 2008.James Fieser - 2008 - Hume Studies 34 (2):309-320.
  38. Book reviews. [REVIEW]James Fieser - 1999 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 37 (1):170.
     
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    (2 other versions)Hume on Miracles. [REVIEW]James Fieser - 1998 - Hume Studies 24 (1):195-200.
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    Religion and Faction in Hume's Moral Philosophy (review). [REVIEW]James Fieser - 1999 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 37 (1):170-171.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Religion and Faction in Hume’s Moral Philosophy by Jennifer A. HerdtJames FieserJennifer A. Herdt. Religion and Faction in Hume’s Moral Philosophy. Studies in Religion and Critical Thought 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xv + 300. Cloth, $59.95.Jennifer A. Herdt’s book, Religion and Faction in Hume’s Moral Philosophy, is a study of Hume’s notion of sympathy. It is not, however, just an analysis of the psychological mechanism (...)
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    Religion and Hume's Legacy. [REVIEW]James Fieser - 2001 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 39 (2):299-300.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Journal of the History of Philosophy 39.2 (2001) 299-300 [Access article in PDF] D. Z. Phillips and Timothy Tessin, editors. Religion and Hume's Legacy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. xx + 282. Cloth, $65.00. Books on Hume's philosophy usually emphasize either close textual analysis or historical influences on Hume. The audience for such books consists of Hume specialists and historians of philosophy. Religion and Hume's Legacy defies (...)
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