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T 3.2.1.17

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From all this it follows, that we have naturally no real or universal motive for observing the laws of equity, but the very equity and merit of that observance; and as no action can be equitable or meritorious, where it cannot arise from some separate motive, there is here an evident sophistry and reasoning in a circle. Unless, therefore, we will allow, that nature has establish'd a sophistry, and render'd it necessary and unavoidable, we must allow, that the sense of justice and injustice is not deriv'd from nature, but arises artificially, tho' necessarily from education, and human conventions.

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Spector 19983.2.1
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… op. cit.. However, McIntyre makes no distinction between memory and consciousness. ^See 3.2.1 for what Hume actua…
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…orm a double relation of impressions and ideas, resulting in the passion of pride. 33See 3.2.1. 34THN 1.1.4.1, p.…
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T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs)
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…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 2003T 3.2.1
T 3.2.1 (19 paragraphs)
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…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)
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… in doing so it may sometimes contradict individual self-interest and communal well-being (T 479-83, 497). But, at bottom, mo…