 | James C. Kaufman, John Baer - 2006
...Moreover, they would have no moral motivation. As David Hume famously wrote, "'tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my little finger." There needs to be some extra impetus to act morally, and this impetus involves emotional... | |
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 | Kieran Setiya - 2009 - 144 páginas
...the most arresting passages in his work: Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the world to the scratching of my finger. Tis not contrary...prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian or person wholly unknown to me. Tis as little contrary to reason to prefer even my own acknowledg'd lesser good... | |
 | Iain Brassington - 2007 - 224 páginas
...bad, and it is the passions, therefore, that direct our actions. Famously, 'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the...of my finger. Tis not contrary to reason for me to chuse my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian or person wholly unknown to me. 'Tis... | |
 | Joseph Pear - 2007 - 425 páginas
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 | Russ Shafer-Landau - 2007 - 815 páginas
...reason to prefer the destruction of the whole DAVID HUME world to the scratching of my finger. It is not contrary to reason for me to choose my total ruin,...prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or person wholly unknown to me. It is as little contrary to reason to prefer even my own acknowledged lesser... | |
 | Anthony Kenny - 2006 - 376 páginas
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 | Robert B. Louden Professor of Philosophy University of Southern Maine - 2007 - 340 páginas
...instrumentalist, in large part because of comments like the following: " 'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger" (A Treatise of Human Nature, II.iii.3). What he is usually interpreted as asserting here is that all... | |
 | Jagdish Bhagwati - 2004 - 345 páginas
...proximity increases to oneself. In the same vein, Hume famously argued that "it is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger" and that "sympathy with persons remote from us is much fainter than with persons near and contiguous."23... | |
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Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. 
