Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology

<p>Recent work at the intersection of moral philosophy and the philosophy of psychology has dealt mostly with Aristotelian virtue ethics. The dearth of scholarship that engages with Hume’s moral philosophy, however, is both noticeable and peculiar. <i>Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology</i> demonstrates how Hume’s moral philosophy comports with recent work from the empirical sciences and moral psychology. It shows how contemporary work in virtue ethics has much stronger similarities to the metaphysically thin conception of human nature that Hume developed, rather than the metaphysically thick conception of human nature that Aristotle espoused. It also reveals how contemporary work in moral motivation and moral epistemology has strong affinities with themes in Hume’s sympathetic sentimentalism. </p> <p>Introduction: Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: An Overview</p><p><em>Philip A. Reed</em></p><p>1. Beyond the "Disease of the Learned": Hume on Passional Disorders</p><p><em>Margaret Watkins</em></p><p>2. Hume on the Rarity of Virtue</p><p><em>Philip A. Reed</em></p><p>3. Spontaneity, Intuition, and Humean Virtue</p><p><em>Erin Frykholm</em></p><p>4. Character, Culture, and Humean Virtue Ethics: Insights from Situationism and Confucianism</p><p><em>Rico Vitz</em></p><p>5. Empahty, Autism, and Hume</p><p><em>Katharina Paxman Renick</em></p><p>6. Cultivating Empathic Concern and Altruistic Motivation: Insights from Hume and Batson</p><p><em>Annette Pierdziwol</em></p><p>7. Preserving Practicality: In Defense of Hume's Sympathy-Based Ethics</p><p><em>Lorenzo Greco</em></p><p>8. Hume, Bloom, and Moral Inclusion</p><p><em>Anne Jacobson</em></p><p>9. Empathy, Interdependency, and Morality: Building from Hume's Account</p><p><em>Lorraine Besser</em></p><p>10. The Philosophical Power of Hume's Notion of Love</p><p><em>Christine Swanton</em></p><p>11. Hume on the Methods and Limits of the Science of Human Nature</p><p><em>Saul Traiger</em></p><p>12. Hume on Moral Motivation</p><p><em>Michael Gill</em></p><p>13. Passionate Regulation and the Practicality of Reason</p><p><em>Elizabeth Radcliffe</em></p><p>14. Hume on Affective Leadership</p><p><em>Eric Schliesser</em></p><p>Conclusion: Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: Future Directions</p><p><em>Rico Vitz</em></p>