Readership: Students and scholars of moral philosophy and the history of modern philosophy
Rachel Cohon, The University at Albany, State University of New York
"Rachel Cohon provides an excellent, detailed, scholarly and thorough analysis of Hume's moral theory... Her book is a 'must read' for anyone working in Hume's ethics and moral theory generally." - Christine Swanton, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Part I: Feeling Virtue 1: Our Common Reading of Hume's Metaethics 2: The Causes of Motivating Passions 3: Reason Alone and Moral Discrimination 4: Feeling Virtue and the Reality of Moral Distinctions 5: The Common Point of View Part II: Fabricating Virtue 6: The Difficulty with the Virtue of Honesty 7: Fidelity to Promises and the Peculiar Act of the Mind 8: The Shackles of Virtue: Allegiance to Government 9: Criticizing Hume's List of Virtues and Vices Bibliography Index
