PREVIEW-Episode 45: Moral Sense Theory: Hume and Smith

Summary: Discussing parts of David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (1740) and Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759).<br> This is a 33-minute preview of our vintage 1 hr, 46-minute episode which you can buy at <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep-17-humes-empiricism/" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/store</a> or <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/10/29/ep45-hume-smith-citizen/" target="_blank">get it for free</a> with PEL Citizenship (see <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership</a>). You can also purchase the full episode in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/episode-45-moral-sense-theory/id1044862198" target="_blank">iTunes Store</a>: Search for "Partially Hume Smith" and look under "Albums."<br> Where do we get our moral ideas? Hume and Smith both thought that we get them by reflecting on our own moral judgments and on how we and others (including imaginary, hypothesized others) in turn judge those judgments. Mark, Wes, Seth, and guest Getty Lustila, a phil grad student at Georgia State University, hash through the Scottish stoicism to lay out the differences between these two gents and whether their views constitute an actual moral theory or just a descriptive enterprise.<br> We read the sections from the Treatise and from Smith in D.D. Raphael's collection <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872201171/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0872201171&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theparexalif-20&amp;linkId=3L63XNQCXE32OENI">British Moralists: 1650-1800 (Volumes 2): Volume II: Hume - Bentham, and Index</a> <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/09/27/topic-for-45-moral-sense-theory-hume-and-smith/" target="_blank">Read more about the topic and selections</a>.<br> End song: "Honest Judge" by <a href="http://www.newpeopleband.com/" target="_blank">New People</a> from the 2010 album "Impossible Things," written and sung by Nate Pinney. <br> The suggested donation if you like this episode is $1. Donate via the button and you'll get a free download of a high-bitrate mp3 of this episode's song: After paying on the PayPal site, click the yellow "Return to the Partially Examined Life" box there, and you'll be sent to a page with the download link. If this doesn't happen, please <a href="mailto:%20mark@marklint.com">email me</a>.<br> <br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br>