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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

by David Hume · 1751

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A splendid edition. Schneewind's illuminating introduction succinctly situates the Enquiryin its historical context, clarifying its relationship to Calvinism, to Newtonian science, and to earlier moral philosophers, and providing a persuasive account of Hume's ethical naturalism. —Martha C. Nussbaum, Brown University

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