Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?

Despite being averse to moral extravagance, Hume’s own conception of morality threatens to be too demanding and his view of human life to be too moralistic. The problem lies in the scope (and concomitantly the content) Hume assigns morality, the effect of which is the apparent exclusion of the moral...

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Main Author: Michael D. Garral
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Language:deu
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2007-09-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/10088
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spelling doaj-a80b768565264eb8899b085826e0233d2020-11-25T00:46:13ZdeuUniversidad Complutense de MadridRevista de Filosofia0034-82441988-284X2007-09-0132116518310079Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?Michael D. GarralDespite being averse to moral extravagance, Hume’s own conception of morality threatens to be too demanding and his view of human life to be too moralistic. The problem lies in the scope (and concomitantly the content) Hume assigns morality, the effect of which is the apparent exclusion of the morally indifferent and the morally supererogatory. This threatens to render the normative dimension of Hume’s account problematic. Sufficiently problematic to overmoralize the self? That is the question this essay seeks to motivate.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/10088HumeSelfOvermoralizationExtravaganceDemandingnessComprehensivenessScopeContentVirtueDuty
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Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?
Revista de Filosofia
Hume
Self
Overmoralization
Extravagance
Demandingness
Comprehensiveness
Scope
Content
Virtue
Duty
author_facet Michael D. Garral
author_sort Michael D. Garral
title Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?
title_short Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?
title_full Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?
title_fullStr Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?
title_full_unstemmed Is the Self in Hume Overmoralized?
title_sort is the self in hume overmoralized?
publisher Universidad Complutense de Madrid
series Revista de Filosofia
issn 0034-8244
1988-284X
publishDate 2007-09-01
description Despite being averse to moral extravagance, Hume’s own conception of morality threatens to be too demanding and his view of human life to be too moralistic. The problem lies in the scope (and concomitantly the content) Hume assigns morality, the effect of which is the apparent exclusion of the morally indifferent and the morally supererogatory. This threatens to render the normative dimension of Hume’s account problematic. Sufficiently problematic to overmoralize the self? That is the question this essay seeks to motivate.
topic Hume
Self
Overmoralization
Extravagance
Demandingness
Comprehensiveness
Scope
Content
Virtue
Duty
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/10088
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