Beschreibung
The subject of ethics is related to our action and our experience in everyday life, so ethics has an important place in our life. The aim of this book is to examine Humes moral theory as expressed in his two main books, Treatise and Enquiries and to show the defects of his theory. Humes moral theory has been chosen, because we can find an implicit explanation of the moral sense theory in Humes moral philosophy. To understand Humes theory, it is necessary to explain some basic doctrines such as sympathy, justice, artificial virtues e.t.c. Some philosophers who influenced Humes thought such as Hobbes, Mandeville, Hutcheson. In this book, these philosophers also have been briefly discussed. Consequently, it is claimed that Humes moral theory has a heterogenous structure and also contains an ambiguity due to his conception of sympathy which has led to some misinterpretations. This book contributes the clarification of Humes ambiguities in his moral theory. This clarification should be useful to both students and professionals in philosophy and other human sciences fields.
Autorenporträt
Nur Yeliz Gülcan is an assistant professor at Girne American University. She has obtained her PhD degree in philosophy from Middle East Technical University. Her research fields are philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and business ethics. She is a member of EBEN (European Business Ethics Network) and IAA (International Association of Aesthetics).
