Hume: Moral Philosophy

Acknowledgments ix Hume's Moral Philosophy: An Introduction x Note on the Texts xxxiv Select Bibliography xxxvi My Own Life 1 Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq. 7 A Treatise of Human Nature 12 Book II: Of the Passions 13 Part I: Of Pride and Humility 13 Section I. Division of the subject 13 Section II. Of pride and humility; their objects and causes 14 Section III. Whence these objects and causes are deriv'd 16 Section IV. Of the relations of impressions and ideas 18 Section V. Of the influence of these relations on pride and humility 19 Section VI. Limitations of this system 23 Section VII. Of vice and virtue 26 Section XI. Of the love of fame 28 Part II: Of Love and Hatred 35 Section I. Of the objects and causes of love and hatred 35 Section II. Experiments to confirm this system 37 Section III. Difficulties solv'd 47 Part III: Of the Will and Direct Passions 51 Section I. Of liberty and necessity 51 Section II. The same subject continu'd 56 Section III. Of the influencing motives of the will 60 Book III: Of Morals 67 Part I: Of Virtue and Vice in General 67 Section I. Moral distinctions not deriv'd from reason 67 Section II. Moral distinctions deriv'd from a moral sense 77 Part II: Of Justice and Injustice 82 Section I. Justice, whether a natural or artificial virtue? 82 Section II. Of the origin of justice and property 87 Section III. Of the rules, which determine property 99 Section IV. Of the transference of property by consent 109 Section V. Of the obligation of promises 110 Section VI. Some farther reflections concerning justice and injustice 117 Section VII. Of the origin of government 123 Section VIII. Of the source of allegiance 126 Section IX. Of the measures of allegiance 134 Section X. Of the objects of allegiance 136 Section XI. Of the laws of nations 146 Section XII. Of chastity and modesty 148 Part III: Of the Other Virtues and Vices 151 Section I. Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices 151 Section II. Of greatness of mind 163 Section III. Of goodness and benevolence 170 Section IV. Of natural abilities 173 Section V. Some farther reflections concerning the natural virtues 179 Section VI. Conclusion of this book 181 An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals 185 Section I. Of the General Principles of Morals 187 Section II. Of Benevolence 192 Section III. Of Justice 197 Section IV. Of Political Society 213 Section V. Why Utility Pleases 218 Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves 232 Section VII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves 244 Section VIII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Others 252 Section IX. Conclusion 257 Appendix I. Concerning Moral Sentiment 268 Appendix II. Of Self-Love 275 Appendix III. Some Farther Considerations with Regard to Justice 281 Appendix IV. Of Some Verbal Disputes 288 A Dialogue 297 Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary 311 Essay I. Of the Delicacy of Taste and Passion 311 Essay II. Of the Origin of Government 314 Essay III. Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature 317 Essay IV. Of Civil Liberty 322 Essay V. The Sceptic 329 Essay VI. Of the Standard of Taste 345 Essay VII. Of the Original Contract 361 Essay VIII. Of Suicide 376 Index 385