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Situates 'The Enquiry' in its historical context, clarifying its relationship to Calvinism, to Newtonian science, and to earlier moral philosophers, and provides an account of Hume's ethical naturalism.

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A splendid edition. Schneewind's illuminating introduction succinctly situates the Enquiry in its historical context, clarifying its relationship to Calvinism, to Newtonian science, and to earlier moral philosophers, and providing a persuasive account of Hume's ethical naturalism. --Martha C. Nussbaum, Brown University

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

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A Paperback / softback by David Hume, J. B. Schneewind

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    Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
    Publication Date: 01/06/1983
    ISBN13: 9780915145454, 978-0915145454
    ISBN10: 915145456
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Situates 'The Enquiry' in its historical context, clarifying its relationship to Calvinism, to Newtonian science, and to earlier moral philosophers, and provides an account of Hume's ethical naturalism.

    Trade Review
    A splendid edition. Schneewind's illuminating introduction succinctly situates the Enquiry in its historical context, clarifying its relationship to Calvinism, to Newtonian science, and to earlier moral philosophers, and providing a persuasive account of Hume's ethical naturalism. --Martha C. Nussbaum, Brown University

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