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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| Pages (from-to) | 539-555 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Philosophy |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1982 |