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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Hume |
Subtitle of host publication | Moral and Political Philosophy |
Editors | Rachel Cohon |
Publisher | Dartmouth Press |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |