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"An examination of David Hume's philosophy of religion that situates his conception "true religion" within the context of his overall science of human nature, his rejection of popular religion, and his Ciceronian influence"--Provided by publisher.

Hume, David --- Religion --- Philosophy. --- Hume, David, --- Hsiu-mo, Ta-wei, --- Юм, Д., --- I︠U︡m, D., --- Yum, Daṿid, --- יום, דוד --- Hume, Dawid, --- Hyūma, Ḍeviḍa, --- Hyūma, --- Home, David, --- Religion. --- Philosophy

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Jonas Olson presents an original account of the historical background of moral error theory, and examines in particular J.L. Mackie's influential contributions to the debate. In Part I (History), Olson provides the historical context of the debate, and discusses the moral error theories of David Hume and some of the more or less influential twentieth century philosophers, including Axel Hägerström, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Richard Robinson. He argues that the early cases for moral error theory are suggestive but that they would have been stronger had they included something like Mackie's arguments that moral properties and facts are metaphysically queer. Part II (Critique) focuses on these arguments. Olson identifies four queerness arguments, concerning supervenience, knowledge, motivation, and irreducible normativity, and goes on to establish that while the first three are not compelling, the fourth has considerable force, especially when combined with debunking explanations of why we tend to believe that there are moral properties and facts when in fact there are none. One conclusion of Part II is that a plausible error theory takes he form of an error theory about irreducible normativity. In Part III (Defense), Olson considers challenges according to which that kind of error theory has problematic ramifications regarding hypothetical reasons, epistemic reasons, and deliberation. He ends his discussion with a consideration of the upshots of moral error theory for ordinary moral thought and talk, and for normative theorizing. -- Book jacket.

General ethics --- Moral realism. --- Ethics --- Realism --- Mackie, J. L. --- Hume, David, --- Hägerström, Axel, --- Hägerström, Axel Anders Theodor, --- Haegerstroem, Axel, --- Hsiu-mo, Ta-wei, --- Юм, Д., --- I︠U︡m, D., --- Yum, Daṿid, --- יום, דוד --- Hume, Dawid, --- Hyūma, Ḍeviḍa, --- Hyūma, --- Home, David, --- Mackie, John Leslie --- Philosophy. --- Metaethik. --- Skeptizismus. --- Etik. --- ukslc. --- Mackie, John L., --- Philosophy --- Ukslc. --- Hume, David --- Moral realism

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Although David Hume's contributions to philosophy are firmly established, his economics has been largely overlooked. 'A Philosopher's Economist' offers the definitive account of Hume's 'worldly philosophy' and argues that economics was a central preoccupation of his life and work. Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind show that Hume made important contributions to the science of economics, notably on money, trade, and public finance.

Economists --- Capitalism --- History --- Hume, David, --- Economic order --- Hume, David --- Philosophy --- Economics --- Capitalism. --- Economists. --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Influence. --- David Hume. --- Enlightenment. --- capitalism. --- economics. --- human nature. --- polite society. --- secular mores. --- trade and commerce. --- Social scientists --- Market economy --- Profit --- Capital --- Home, David, --- Hsiu-mo, Ta-wei, --- Hume, Dawid, --- Hyūma, --- Hyūma, Ḍeviḍa, --- I͡Um, D., --- Yum, Daṿid, --- Economists - Biography --- Capitalism - History --- Capitalism - Philosophy --- Hume, David, - 1711-1776