Smith on Self-Command and Moral Judgment

In A Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume argues that moral judgments are the product of sentiment. The mechanism of sympathy allows individuals to enter into a common point of view in order to produce judgments that are truly moral, and not merely self-interested. Hume argues that the common point...

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Main Author: Papiernik, Lauren
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2013
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/132
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1131&context=philosophy_theses