David Hume moral and political theorist

By placing Hume in the developing tradition of social science as a strong forerunner of his younger friend Adam Smith, Hardin shows Hume's strong strategic sense, his powerful theory of convention as a main source of social and political order, and his recognition of moral and political theory...

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Main Author: Hardin, Russell
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007, 2007
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Summary:By placing Hume in the developing tradition of social science as a strong forerunner of his younger friend Adam Smith, Hardin shows Hume's strong strategic sense, his powerful theory of convention as a main source of social and political order, and his recognition of moral and political theory as a single enterprise
Physical Description:xvi, 260 p.
ISBN:9780191715976
0191715972