书名: David Hume: Moral and Political Theorist
作者: Russell Hardin (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (October 18, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0199232563
ISBN-13: 978-0199232567
Book Description
Russell Hardin presents a new explication of David Hume's moral and political theory. With Hume, he holds that our normative views can be scientifically explained but they cannot be justified as true. Hume argued for the psychological basis of such views. In particular, he argued for sympathy as the mirroring of the psychological sensations and emotions of others. By placing Hume in the developing tradition of social science, as a strong forerunner of his younger friend Adam Smith, Hardin demonstrates Hume's strong strategic sense, his nascent utilitarianism, his powerful theory of convention as a main source of social and political order, and his recognition of moral and political theory as a single enterprise.
Review
"Hardin's rethinking of Hume in terms of strategic choice, iterative games, and the origins of convention is creative and thought-provoking, leaving the reader with a Hume who is neither a Tory nor a Whig but a "proto game-theorist." -- E.J. Harpham, CHOICE
About the Author
Russell Hardin is at New York University.
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作者: Russell Hardin (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (October 18, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0199232563
ISBN-13: 978-0199232567
Book Description
Russell Hardin presents a new explication of David Hume's moral and political theory. With Hume, he holds that our normative views can be scientifically explained but they cannot be justified as true. Hume argued for the psychological basis of such views. In particular, he argued for sympathy as the mirroring of the psychological sensations and emotions of others. By placing Hume in the developing tradition of social science, as a strong forerunner of his younger friend Adam Smith, Hardin demonstrates Hume's strong strategic sense, his nascent utilitarianism, his powerful theory of convention as a main source of social and political order, and his recognition of moral and political theory as a single enterprise.
Review
"Hardin's rethinking of Hume in terms of strategic choice, iterative games, and the origins of convention is creative and thought-provoking, leaving the reader with a Hume who is neither a Tory nor a Whig but a "proto game-theorist." -- E.J. Harpham, CHOICE
About the Author
Russell Hardin is at New York University.
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