Syllabus
22.2. - introduction, Hume's method and place in the history of moral philosophy 1.3. - An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (An Enquiry), Section I and Appendix I. additional reading: The Sceptic 8.3 - An Enquiry, Section II additional reading: A Treatise of Human Nature (A Treatise),II.1.1-5 (affections, passions, pride, humility) 22.3. - An Enquiry, Section III.1 additional reading: A Treatise, III.2.1-2 5.4. - An Enquiry, Section III.2 additional reading: An Enquiry, Appendix III. 19.4. - An Enquiry, Section IV additional reading: A Treatise, III.2.7 (Of the origin of government) 26.4. - An Enquiry, Section V.1 additional reading: A Treatise, II.1.7, 11 (vice, virtue, sympathy) 3.5. - An Enquiry, Section V.2 additional reading: An Enquiry, Appendix II 10.5.- An Enquiry, Section VI. additional reading: An Enquiry, Section VII 17.5. - An Enquiry, Section IX additional reading: An Enquiry, Section VIII
Annotation
The course will be a reading seminar focused on two Hume’s pieces on moral philosophy: book 3 of his A Treatise of Human Nature, "Of Morals" and his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals. We will have a look on his essay The Sceptic as well.