Mencius, Hume and the Foundations of Ethics
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A01=Xiusheng Liu
Affective Mental State
Author_Xiusheng Liu
Book III
braybrooke
Category=QDH
Category=QDHC
Category=QDTQ
comparative philosophy
darwall
david
Defining Principle
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Error Theory
ethical naturalism
Explanatory Circularity
Full Virtues
Hume's Moral Theory
Hume’s Moral Theory
internalism in ethics
Internalist Thesis
judgment
Kwong Loi Shun
Language Interpretation
moral
Moral Cognitivism
moral epistemology
moral psychology
Moral Wickedness
Motivation Interpretation
peter
Peter Railton
Qian Mu
railton
realism
Reciprocity Thesis
Ren Xing
secondary
Sensibility Theory
stephen
unity of the virtues theory
Unity Thesis
Vice Versa
virtue ethics
Xun Zi
Zhang Dainian
Zhu Xi
Zhu Zi
Product details
- ISBN 9780754604068
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What is the most distinctive feature of human nature? Does human nature play any significant role in explaining ethical objectivity? How do we arrive at moral judgments? What is the relationship between moral judgments and moral motivation? In answering these questions, this book defends a naturalist, realist and internalist theory of the foundations of ethics. This theory, grounded on a particular concept of humanity, combines insights from Mencius and David Hume. The views of each show how important features left underdeveloped by the other can be supplemented and refined. The unified theory that results is a robust contender among current ethical theories. This illuminating book, relating Chinese and Western philosophical traditions, presents a unique account of the unity of the virtues in Mencius, breaks new ground in Hume studies through its discussion of the concept of sympathy in Hume's theory, and brings combined insights to bear on contemporary analytical theories of ethics.
Xiusheng Liu, St Cloud State University, USA
