Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology

Philip A. Reed, Rico Vitz

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English

Routledge
20 June 2018

Philosophy of mind; Ethics & moral philosophy; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Social, group or collective psychology

Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Recent work at the intersection of moral philosophy and the philosophy of psychology has dealt mostly with Aristotelian virtue ethics. The dearth of scholarship that engages with Hume’s moral philosophy, however, is both noticeable and peculiar. Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology demonstrates how Hume’s moral philosophy comports with recent work from the empirical sciences and moral psychology. It shows how contemporary work in virtue ethics has much stronger similarities to the metaphysically thin conception of human nature that Hume developed, rather than the metaphysically thick conception of human nature that Aristotle espoused. It also reveals how contemporary work in moral motivation and moral epistemology has strong affinities with themes in Hume’s sympathetic sentimentalism.

Edited by: Philip A. Reed, Rico Vitz
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9781138744752
ISBN 10: 1138744751
Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Pages: 386
Publication Date: 20 June 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction: Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: An Overview Philip A. Reed 1. Beyond the ""Disease of the Learned"": Hume on Passional Disorders Margaret Watkins 2. Hume on the Rarity of Virtue Philip A. Reed 3. Spontaneity, Intuition, and Humean Virtue Erin Frykholm 4. Character, Culture, and Humean Virtue Ethics: Insights from Situationism and Confucianism Rico Vitz 5. Empahty, Autism, and Hume Katharina Paxman Renick 6. Cultivating Empathic Concern and Altruistic Motivation: Insights from Hume and Batson Annette Pierdziwol 7. Preserving Practicality: In Defense of Hume's Sympathy-Based Ethics Lorenzo Greco 8. Hume, Bloom, and Moral Inclusion Anne Jacobson 9. Empathy, Interdependency, and Morality: Building from Hume's Account Lorraine Besser 10. The Philosophical Power of Hume's Notion of Love Christine Swanton 11. Hume on the Methods and Limits of the Science of Human Nature Saul Traiger 12. Hume on Moral Motivation Michael Gill 13. Passionate Regulation and the Practicality of Reason Elizabeth Radcliffe 14. Hume on Affective Leadership Eric Schliesser Conclusion: Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: Future Directions Rico Vitz"

Philip A. Reed is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Canisius College, USA where he also codirects the Ethics and Justice Programs. His main areas of interest are in ethics, political philosophy, and moral psychology. His articles on Hume's moral psychology appear in such places as History of Philosophy Quarterly, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, and Canadian Journal of Philosophy. He has also published articles in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, and Christian Bioethics. Rico Vitz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, USA and serves as the Executive Vice President-Treasurer of the Hume Society. He is the author of Reforming the Art of Living: Nature, Virtue, and Religion in Descartes's Epistemology, co-editor of The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social, and the editor of Turning East: Contemporary Philosophers and the Ancient Christian Faith.

Reviews for Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology

The volume's warm and enthusiastic endorsement of recent empirical sciences and its relation to Hume is welcome . . . It is great to have in a single volume a variety of illuminating ways in which Hume's morals are relevant to recent empirical work. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology is an exceptionally interesting and illuminating reflection on Hume's contributions to moral philosophy and in particular its relations, both methodological and doctrinal, to contemporary cognitive psychology. - John Bricke, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Kansas