An Enquiry Concerning the Principles ..., David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles ..., David Hume
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

Author: David Hume

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 4 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/13/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Synopsis

David Hume's 'An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals' delves into the foundations of moral philosophy. With analytical precision, Hume explores the nature of virtue, justice, and moral sentiment. This seminal work challenges traditional ethical theories, advocating for a sentiment-based approach. Hume's inquiry into the principles that govern human behavior offers profound insights into moral reasoning and continues to stimulate discourse on ethics, making it a timeless contribution to moral philosophy. Read in English, unabridged.

About David Hume

David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist whose best known works include A Treatise of Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, An Enquiry Concerning the Principle of Morals, The History of England, and The Natural History of Religion. Born in Edinburgh, he attended Edinburgh University and lived for several years in La Flèche, France. Hume's work is centrally concerned with the psychological characterics of human nature and the foundations of human understanding and is characterized by a pervasive skepticism regarding received wisdom, religion, and other institutions. A towering figure in empiricist philsophy, Hume influenced writers including Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, William James, and Jeremy Bentham, and his work is often considered a precursor to contemporary cognitive science.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on November 19, 2014

It had been some time since I had last visited 221B Baker Street, and when I entered I found my friend engrossed in the study of a slim volume. "Watson!" he said, without lifting his eyes from the text. "Pray tell me, are you by any chance familiar with Mr. Hume's Enquiry into the Principles of Mora......more

Goodreads review by Roy on June 02, 2016

Well, this was disappointing. I say this because Hume’s first Enquiry was brilliant, unforgettably so. There, we see Hume as one of the most subtle, most penetrating, and most profound thinkers in Western history. Here we see him don the hat of a common moralist: “Instance, briefly; come, instance” (A......more

Goodreads review by Nat on August 01, 2007

Hume is the moral philosopher who is most recognizable as a fellow modern human being. In his short autobiographical "My Own Life", he says that the Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals is "incomparably the best" of all his writings (though he admits that he isn't the one to judge that). Read......more

Goodreads review by John on March 14, 2012

It would be one thing if all Hume did was ask the question, instead, he gives some quite pathetic answers that professors still cram down student's throats.......more

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