An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense

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"An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense" is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by Francis Hutcheson that explores human emotions and the foundations of moral judgment within the moral sense tradition.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
associatedWith Francis Hutcheson’s theory of benevolence ⓘ
sentimentalist ethics ⓘ
author Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
century 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
describedAs influential work in the moral sense tradition ⓘ
explores nature of moral approval and disapproval ⓘ
psychology of moral motivation ⓘ
relationship between self-interest and benevolence ⓘ
focusesOn foundations of moral judgment ⓘ
role of feelings in morality ⓘ
genre early modern philosophy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasPart discussion of the conduct and regulation of affections ⓘ
discussion of the nature of passions ⓘ
illustrations on the moral sense ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic affections ⓘ
human emotions ⓘ
moral judgment ⓘ
moral sense ⓘ
passions ⓘ
philosophicalQuestion How do passions and affections influence moral judgment? ⓘ
What is the basis of moral approval? ⓘ
philosophicalSchool British moralists ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
philosophicalTradition moral sense theory ⓘ
relatedWork An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue ⓘ

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