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Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

by David Hume

ISBN13: 9780915145454
ISBN10: 0915145456
Condition: Standard

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Trade Paperback

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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

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ISBN:: 9780915145454
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 06/01/1983
Publisher:: HACKETT PUBLISHING CO INC
Series info:: HPC Philosophical Classics Series
Pages:: 122
Height:: .30IN
Width:: 5.40IN
Thickness:: .50
Number of Units:: 1
UPC Code:: 2800915145456
Author:: J. B. Schneewind
Author:: J. B. Schneewind
Author:: David Hume
Subject:: Philosophy | Ethics