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Essays on the Principles of Morality & Natural Religion (Paperback, Corrected, Impr)
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The 'Essays' is commonly considered Kamess most important
philosophical work. In the first part, he sets forth the principles
and foundations of morality and justice, attacking Humes moral
scepticism and addressing the controversial issue of the freedom of
human will. In the second part, Kames focuses on questions of
metaphysics and epistemology to offer a natural theology in which
the authority of the external senses is an important basis for
belief in the Deity. Like Shaftesbury, Hutcheson, and Butler, Kames
rejected the idea that morality is founded on self-interest and
argued that human beings naturally possess a "moral sense", or
conscience. At the same time, Kames believed our naturally
benevolent inclinations could become law-like only through the
principle of justice, which "guards the persons, the property, and
the reputation of individuals, and gives authority to promises and
covenants". Editor Mary Catherine Moran writes, "In its concern to
vindicate the veracity of our common moral intuitions and sense
perceptions that are rooted in our very nature, the 'Essays on the
Principles of Morality and Natural Religion' helped found the
Scottish Common Sense school," a philosophy that was given its
classic formulation by Kamess friend Thomas Reid. The text of this
volume is based on the third edition of 1779, while the appendix
presents substantial variant readings in the first and second
editions.
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