Readership: Students and scholars of moral philosophy and the history of modern philosophy
Rachel Cohon, The University at Albany, State University of New York
"The position [Cohon] defends and the arguments she deploys should be of interest to anyone interested in Hume's ethics and sentimentalist views generally. It is an excellent addition to the recent flurry of first-rate Hume scholarship." - Guy Fletcher, The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 241 (Oct 2010)
"One has to admire the spirit, the inventiveness, the concern for the text, and the engagement with other views that Cohon displays." - Annette C. Baier, Mind 119 d
"the very best book on Hume's ethics" - Eric Schliesser, New APPS Blog
"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
