Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature
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Book 3 of *A Treatise of Human Nature* is the section of David Hume’s philosophical work that develops his influential account of morality, including the role of sentiment, virtue, and justice.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Treatise of Human Nature | 1 |
| Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature Context triple: [An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, basedOn, Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature]
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A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by David Hume that systematically develops his empiricist account of human psychology, knowledge, and morality.
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Book II: Of Reasoning
Book II: Of Reasoning is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "A System of Logic" that systematically analyzes the principles and processes of human reasoning and inference.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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Book 2: Of the Passions
Book 2: Of the Passions is the section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* in which he systematically analyzes human emotions and their role in motivating action and shaping moral judgment.
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature Target entity description: Book 3 of *A Treatise of Human Nature* is the section of David Hume’s philosophical work that develops his influential account of morality, including the role of sentiment, virtue, and justice.
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A.
A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by David Hume that systematically develops his empiricist account of human psychology, knowledge, and morality.
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B.
Book II: Of Reasoning
Book II: Of Reasoning is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "A System of Logic" that systematically analyzes the principles and processes of human reasoning and inference.
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C.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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D.
Book 2: Of the Passions
Book 2: Of the Passions is the section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* in which he systematically analyzes human emotions and their role in motivating action and shaping moral judgment.
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E.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
part of philosophical treatise
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philosophical book section ⓘ |
| author | David Hume ⓘ |
| claims |
moral approval and disapproval are species of pleasure and uneasiness
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moral distinctions are derived from moral sentiments ⓘ moral properties are not discovered by reason alone ⓘ there is an is–ought gap between descriptive and normative statements ⓘ vice is whatever mental quality is disapproved by a spectator employing a general point of view ⓘ virtue is whatever mental quality is approved by a spectator employing a general point of view ⓘ |
| discusses |
artificial virtues
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benevolence ⓘ natural virtues ⓘ self-love ⓘ sympathy ⓘ the sensible knave ⓘ |
| ethicalView |
anti-rationalism about morals
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moral sentimentalism ⓘ naturalistic account of morality ⓘ |
| famousFor |
account of justice as an artificial virtue
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account of promises as artificial obligations ⓘ development of Humean sentimentalist ethics ⓘ discussion of the origin of government and political allegiance ⓘ formulation of the is–ought problem ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Part 1 Of virtue and vice in general
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Part 2 Of justice and injustice ⓘ Part 3 Of the other virtues and vices ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written in the 1730s ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates about moral motivation and internalism
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later sentimentalist moral philosophers ⓘ metaethics in analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethics
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justice ⓘ moral judgment ⓘ moral motivation ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ morality ⓘ sentiment ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| partOf |
A Treatise of Human Nature
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linked to:
Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature
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| philosophicalTradition |
British empiricism
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early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| positionOnJustice |
explains rules of property as products of social convention and utility
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treats justice as an artificial virtue arising from conventions ⓘ |
| positionOnMoralLanguage | denies that moral terms represent objective properties independent of sentiment ⓘ |
| positionOnPromises | argues that the obligation of promises is artificial and conventional ⓘ |
| positionOnReasonAndPassion |
claims that reason is and ought only to be the slave of the passions
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denies that reason alone can be a motive to the will ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1739–1740 ⓘ |
| structure | divided into three parts ⓘ |
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linked to: Book 3 of A Treatise of Human Nature