Идея человеколюбия в этике Дэвида Юма

Abstract

According to Hume, pursuing humanity is a prominent factor in the efforts aimed at benefiting the whole society. He considered justice, together with humanity, significant aspects in protecting the life of human community and mutual human solidarity. In Hume’s conception of humanity we can define ac-tive and passive forms of humanity. The active form means the direct involve-ment of moral agent through his participation in the activity developed for the benefit of the strangers in need of help. The passive form of humanity means that our behaviour expresses our compassion with the strangers affected, for example by disaster. Following Hume’s ideas we may speak about humanity in every cases in which human life is protected and maintained. Humanity is one of the most significant moral principles on which the human society is based as a society of the co-operating individuals.