T 3.2.1.11
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But shou'd it be affirm'd, that the reason or motive of such actions is the regard to publick interest, to which nothing is more contrary than examples of injustice and dishonesty; shou'd this be said, I wou'd propose the three following considerations, as worthy of our attention. First, public interest is not naturally attach'd to the observation of the rules of justice; but is only connected with it, after an artificial convention for the establishment of these rules, as shall be shewn more at large hereafter. Secondly, if we suppose, that the |loan was secret, and that it is necessary for the interest of the person, that the money be restor'd in the same manner (as when the lender wou'd conceal his riches) in that case the example ceases, and the public is no longer interested in the actions of the borrower; tho' I suppose there is no moralist, who will affirm, that the duty and obligation ceases. Thirdly, experience sufficiently proves, that men, in the ordinary conduct of life, look not so far as the public interest, when they pay their creditors, perform their promises, and abstain from theft, and robbery, and injustice of every kind. That is a motive too remote and too sublime to affect the generality of mankind, and operate with any force in actions so contrary to private interest as are frequently those of justice and common honesty.
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| Ainslie 1999 | (T 481) T 3.2.1 (2 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …t he r humans or ra t iona l crea tures . We canno t love o t he r s me r e l y as humans (T 481) , because be ing hu… |
| Spector 1998 | 3.2.1 T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ly Signs of Methodological Trouble.................................................. 101 3.2.1 Book I's Conceptual… |
| 3.2.1 T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …xamination of the contents of the mind. ## 3.2 Early Signs of Methodological Trouble ## 3.2.1 Book I's Conceptual… | |
| 3.2.1 T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … op. cit.. However, McIntyre makes no distinction between memory and consciousness. ^See 3.2.1 for what Hume actua… | |
| 3.2.1 T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …orm a double relation of impressions and ideas, resulting in the passion of pride. 33See 3.2.1. 34THN 1.1.4.1, p.… | |
| 3.2.1 T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ns and ideas, resulting in the passion of pride. 33See 3.2.1. 34THN 1.1.4.1, p. 11. See 3.2.1 for a discussion of… | |
| Ainslie 2003 | T 3.2.1 T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …e thinks that natural virtues are spontaneously manifested in their possessor's behavior (T 3.2.1). The generous pers… |
| Garral 2007 | (T 479-83, 497) T 3.2.1.7 to T 3.2.2.22 (14 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … in doing so it may sometimes contradict individual self-interest and communal well-being (T 479-83, 497). But, at bottom, mo… |