Illustrations on the Moral Sense

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pp. 252, signed and with a dedication by the author, ” This edition of Illustrations on the Moral Sense again makes available Hutcheson’s contributions to normative ethics and metaethics, thus making possible a more accurate evaluation of his significance in the history of ethics. His epistemology of morals and his theory of justification are critically examined in a substantial introduction by the editor, Bernard Peach. In addition, Hutcheson’s correspondence with Gilbert Burnet, the Younger, which is central to an understanding of the controversies in British moral philosophy in the eighteenth century, is made accessible here for the first time since 1735 in an extensive appendix. “

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ISBN 0674443268
ISBN13 9780674443266
Number of pages 252
Original Title Illustrations on the Moral Sense
Published Date 1971
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition sl/worn and Chipped
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Cambridge
Edition First Edition
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pp. 252, signed and with a dedication by the author, ” This edition of Illustrations on the Moral Sense again makes available Hutcheson’s contributions to normative ethics and metaethics, thus making possible a more accurate evaluation of his significance in the history of ethics. His epistemology of morals and his theory of justification are critically examined in a substantial introduction by the editor, Bernard Peach. In addition, Hutcheson’s correspondence with Gilbert Burnet, the Younger, which is central to an understanding of the controversies in British moral philosophy in the eighteenth century, is made accessible here for the first time since 1735 in an extensive appendix. “

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Weight 0.85 kg