Hume's Noble Lie: An Account of his Artificial Virtues

M BARON

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Abstract

Hume's notion of artificial virtue seems to fail to explain what he designed it to explain, viz., our approval of justice and our abhorrence of injustice. I argue that we can make sense of his account only if we understand the motivation to be artificially virtuous to be grounded on Hume's view, in a misconception of the true value of the artificial virtues.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)539-555
Number of pages17
JournalCanadian Journal of Philosophy
Volume12
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 1982

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