David Hume on the Principles of Morality for the Civil Society

Authors

  • Maria M. Rogozha National Aviation University

Keywords:

civil society, conventionality, contract, convention, artifice, artificial virtue, coordination, functional explanation, profit

Abstract

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.

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Published

2019-04-07

Issue

No. 12 (2012)

Section

TO THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF DAVID HUME

How to Cite

David Hume on the Principles of Morality for the Civil Society. (2019). Eticheskaya Mysl’ | Ethical Thought, 12, 231-244. https://et.iphras.ru/article/view/2603