David Hume on the Principles of Morality for the Civil Society
Keywords:
civil society, conventionality, contract, convention, artifice, artificial virtue, coordination, functional explanation, profitAbstract
Socio-ethical views of D. Hume are analyzed in the context of alive practice of a civil society, and educational project of Enlightenment. Conventionality and artifice were defined by Hume as foundations for a social life. The author considers them as the basic principles of morality for a civil society.