What motive to virtue? Early modern empirical naturalist theories of moral obligation

In this dissertation, I argue for a set of interpretations regarding the relationship between moral obligation and reasons for acting in the theories of Hobbes, Hutcheson, and Hume. Several commentators have noted affinities between these naturalist moral theories and contemporary ethical internalis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoback, Brady John
Other Authors: Jeske, Diane, 1967-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3101
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6447&context=etd