Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, An by HUME, David

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David Hume, an eminent Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, explores the nature and foundation of Morals in this book, which was written as a popular summary of Book III in A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume states: “There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or from Sentiment; whether we attain the knowledge of them by a chain of argument and induction, or by an immediate feeling and finer internal sense; whether, like all sound judgement of truth and falsehood, they should be the same to every rational intelligent being; or whether, like the perception of beauty and deformity, they be founded entirely on the particular fabric and constitution of the human species.” (Excerpted from Section I – Of the General Principles of Morals) (Summary from the text and adapted from Wikipedia by lubee930)

  • 15 minutes 12 seconds
    Section I. Of the General Principles of Morals
  • 5 minutes 39 seconds
    Section II. Of Benevolence, Part I
  • 9 minutes 48 seconds
    Section II. Of Benevolence, Part II
  • 22 minutes 5 seconds
    Section III. Of Justice, Part I
  • 29 minutes 53 seconds
    Section III. Of Justice, Part II
  • 12 minutes 8 seconds
    Section IV. Of Political Society
  • 13 minutes 16 seconds
    Section V. Why Utility Pleases, Part I
  • 29 minutes 16 seconds
    Section V. Why Utility Pleases, Part II
  • 24 minutes 6 seconds
    Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Part I
  • 12 minutes 27 seconds
    Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Part II
  • 27 minutes 34 seconds
    Section VII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves
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