David Hume’s an Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

Hume is the first thinker to point out the meaning of "representative perception theory". He inherited this theory from his rationalists and predecessors of the empiricist. According to this view, when one says that he saw something like an apple, it actually means that he has spiritual thoughts, images and impressions in his mind. Such data is an intrinsic, psychological, subjective expression of what I think is an external, physical fact.

As a theory, Utilitarianism is usually thought to begin with Jeremy Bentham, but David Hume says "Investigation of moral principles" (1), Francis Hutchinson (David Hume also has a similar view on the study conducted Utilitarianism tells us that action is moral because it is the greatest benefit for the greatest number of people It creates us to distribute happiness among all beings and tells us to see which distribution maximizes happiness, which provides a systematic answer.Past 2 During the century, Utilitarianism had a great influence on the field of practice in politics and economics, so that Utilitarianism influenced the lives of modern society, especially public policy, to make people's lives better Not because, not so much So, what is important when doing political deliberations?

In a survey of moral principles (Appendix II - self-love), David Hume proposed six objections he calls "selfish assumptions." It can be said that it is an ancient psychological self-interest. First, Hume believes that self-interest is to moral sentiment. It may motivate people to take care of others and motivate others to behave. These moral sentiments include love, friendship, compassion and appreciation. Second, psychological self-interests try to reduce human motivation to a single cause. It is a "futile" job - "Simple love ... It was always the root of many miscalculations in philosophy." Third, it is clear that animals act with kindness, and if they acknowledge that animals can behave selfishly, how can they be denied in humans? Fourth, the concept we use to explain benevolent behavior can not be meaningless; sometimes the agent obviously bless her although she has no individual interested in the wealth of others I will.

Hume's main moral sentence is the third volume of his humanitarian discourse, "ethical" (Vol. 2, "in passion"), the quest for his moral principles, and some of his essays is. To some extent, an ethical investigation reinterprets the central idea from the ethical part of the essay in a more meaningful way; however, there are some important differences. The ethical position and discussion of this thesis are as follows, show the place where the ethics survey coincides, then discuss the difference between the survey and this thesis.