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David Hume And Racism
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This 5 page paper explores the possibility that David Hume was a racist. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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David Hume and the Rules of Justice
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This 5 page report discusses the attitudes of David Hume (1711-1776) regarding justice and why justice is an artificial virtue. The foundation of Hume’s thinking on morality is the concept of sympathy, which he views as the basis of interaction between people and the wellspring of human happiness. He then defines morality as the qualities that are approved in whomever they happen to appear and by virtually everybody else. As a result of such thinking, he sets out to discover the broadest possible grounds for those approvals. He finds those grounds of approval in “feelings” rather than “knowing” and determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment. It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to the owner of the quality or to the person or persons affected by the quality. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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David Hume Ethical Theories
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An 8 page paper that discusses Hume's theories of ethics and moral philosophy. Hume made important and lasting contributions to moral theory, which became the foundation for subsequent philosophers. As an example, it was Hume who first wrote of utility in relation to ethical conduct and decisions. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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David Hume on Causality
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A 5 page paper that describes Hume's argument against causality and argues that Hume's contentions as to the limited nature of causality are unfounded. Hume argues that existing knowledge, created from the habitual activities of man, is the only way to perceive an object. Kant, among other philosophers, have disagreed with Hume's belief, noting that objects are based within the context of other objects and causality is a necessary and reasonable assertion. Two primary sources cited.
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David Hume on Determinism and Free Will
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A 5 page essay that investigates the beliefs of eighteenth century philosopher David Hume on determinism and free will. The writer explains Hume's compatibilist views that are put forth in his book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. No additional sources cited.
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David Hume on God
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A 5 page paper which examines whether true knowledge of God is possible. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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David Hume on Miracles
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A 6 page discussion of David Hume's argument concerning the validity of miracles. Details his argument against inductive reasoning and his contentions that absolute skepticism is correct, that science had no authority, and that miracles are a violation of the laws of nature. Emphasizes that while Hume's critique of miraculous claims comprises a skeptical rationalism which formed a major challenge to the religious beliefs of his time period, it is a critique which has many faults in its own. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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David Hume on Natural Religion
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This 4 page paper discusses David Hume's work, "Discourses on Natural Religion." It summarizes Cleanthes's argument; Philo's argument; standardizes Cleanthes's; discusses it; and evalutes it. Bibliography lists 3 source.
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David Hume's Attack Upon Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle And Plotinus
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10 pages in length. The writer discusses Hume's desparaging opinion of the others philosophers' beliefs in relation to existence, oneness and matter. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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David Hume's Critique Of Mankind's Knowledge Of Causal Relationships
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses how the very nature of David Hume's critique of mankind's knowledge of causal relationships revolves around the notion of whether or not one variable truly causes another. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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