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Critiquing Hume’s Sentimentalism Against Moral Relativism

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In this paper, I critique Hume’s sentimentalist theory and propose an expansion of his common point of view in order to escape some of the dangers of meta-ethical relativism. My goal is to revise Hume’s universalism while remaining true to his sentimentalism. In Section 1, I introduce Hume’s theory of sentimentalism and sympathy and the variability problem that arises when our sentiments vary but our moral judgments do not. I explain how Hume invokes the common point of view to resolve this issue. In Section 2, I critique Hume’s response to moral relativism in “A Dialogue,” and argue that he cannot appeal to moral universalism to escape the threats of relativism in his moral theory. Lastly, in Section 3, I introduce a theory of the expanded point of view to provide a more robust response to threats of moral relativism.


MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Ober, Maizie Jane. Critiquing Hume’s Sentimentalism Against Moral Relativism. . 2021. dickinson.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/709ffa23-1a88-4f82-9325-efac0ee68966.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

O. M. Jane. (2021). Critiquing Hume’s Sentimentalism Against Moral Relativism. https://dickinson.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/709ffa23-1a88-4f82-9325-efac0ee68966

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Ober, Maizie Jane. Critiquing Hume’s Sentimentalism Against Moral Relativism. 2021. https://dickinson.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/709ffa23-1a88-4f82-9325-efac0ee68966.

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