Francis Hutcheson Philosophical Writings by Robin Downie

Francis Hutcheson Philosophical Writings by Robin Downie

Francis Hutcheson (1694–1745) has traditionally been celebrated for his moral philosophy, which greatly influenced David Hume and other thinkers of the Enlightenment. But he was also the founder of modern philosophical aesthetics, the source of many of Adam Smith’s economic ideas (Smith was one of his students) and the major philosophical influence on eighteenth-century North America, especially on the abolitionist movement. For these reasons, British, American and European philosophers have reassessed his philosophy, and this volume provides a comprehensive and rounded collection of his essays on all aspects of his thinking. The essays dealing with aesthetics and ethics are drawn from Hutcheson’s four Treatises and Reflections upon Laughter written in Dublin 1725–28. Essays dealing with his legal, political and economic ideas are taken from A System of Moral Philosophy (published posthumously in 1755) and from A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy (1747). Professor Robin Downie provides an analytical introduction to Hutcheson’s thought and locates it in the culture and chronology of Hutcheson’s life and times.

Robin Downie is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy and an Honorary Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow. In addition to teaching and writing on topics in moral and political philosophy and the philosophy of science, he has served on government and professional committees concerned with ethical issues.

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ISBN 13	9781910900345
ISBN 10	1910900346
Title	Francis Hutcheson Philosophical Writings
Author	Robin Downie
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Donald Publishers Ltd
Year published	2019-10-17
Number of pages	272
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