num_pages: 128
description: A splendid edition. Schneewind's illuminating introduction succinctly situates the Enquiry in its historical context, clarifying its relationship to Calvinism, to Newtonian science, and to earlier moral philosophers, and providing a persuasive account of Hume's ethical naturalism. --Martha C. Nussbaum, Brown University
language: English
title: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
titlecomplete: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
genres: Theory, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, School, 18th Century, Classics, Economics, Empiricism
ratings_count: 5916
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company