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Order and Artifice in Hume's Political Philosophy
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Frederick J. Whelan
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2017
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Frederick G. Whelan relates Hume's political theory to the other parts of his philosophy, including his epistemology, his account of human nature, and his ethics, emphasizing the unity of the whole.
Originally published in 1985.
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"Since David. Hume was first and foremost a philosopher, it would seem that the wisest approach to his political thought would be through his philosophy, most notably his ethics, theory of knowledge, and view of human nature. That is precisely the approach this book takes, and the result is a major contribution: both to the, history of political thought and to the history of ideas. Basing his account of his subject's philosophy largely on Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, Whelan . . . relates Hume's essentially conservative political views to his philosophical skepticism."
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"Whelan's book should take its place among the very best guides that we have to the unity of Hume's thought."
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Contents
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Bibliographic Note
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter I. Introduction
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Chapter II. Philosophical Foundations
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Chapter III. Hume’s Science of Human Nature
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Chapter IV. The Political Theory of Artifice
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Chapter V. Skepticism and Politics
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Reason; Philosophy; Political philosophy; Skepticism; Theory; Philosopher; Utilitarianism; Human nature; Ethics; Morality; Moral relativism; Objectivity (philosophy); Cardinal virtues; Moral sense theory; Political science; Subjectivism; Deontological ethics; Philosophical analysis; Principia Ethica; Traditionalist conservatism; Theory of justification; Contingency (philosophy); The Philosopher; Rationalism; Positivism; Form of life (philosophy); Dualism (philosophy of mind); Moral psychology; Political psychology; Intelligibility (philosophy); David Hume; Relativism; Ethics of belief; Philosophy of mind; Rational choice theory; The Spirit of the Laws; Universality (philosophy); Pragmatism; Ethical naturalism; Value theory; Philosophical methodology; Hume's principle; Ideology; Moral nihilism; Social philosophy; Inductive reasoning; An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation; Naturalism (philosophy); Philosophical skepticism; Ethical dilemma; Philosophical fiction; Value (ethics); Consent of the governed; Opportunism; The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Theory of Forms; On the Genealogy of Morality; Logical positivism; Scholasticism; Causal reasoning; Aristotelianism; Consequentialism; Moral Constitution; Liberalism; Teleological argument; Criticism; Constitutionalism; Thought; Inference; Epistemology
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
