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Article: Hume's Theory of Moral Judgment: A Study in the Unity of 'A Treatise of Human Nature.'
- Article from:
- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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Brand, Walter. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. viii + 164 pp. $72.00--The central, general claim that Brand defends is that an understanding of Hume's view of general rules in book I of the Treatise is crucial to a full appreciation of Hume's account of moral judgment in book 3. Although Brand also discusses other respects in which the Treatise is a unified work, both the book's title and subtitle suggest a study more wide-ranging than we actually find. (Thus, the first sentence in the preface, "This study offers an overall interpretation of Hume's Treatise of Human Nature," is also misleading. Moreover, discussion of some of the issues important for Brand's ...