Readership: Students and scholars of moral philosophy and the history of modern philosophy
Rachel Cohon, The University at Albany, State University of New York
"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
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
