T 3.2.1.4
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It appears, therefore, that all virtuous actions derive their merit only from virtuous motives, and are consider'd merely as signs of those motives. From this principle I conclude, that the first virtuous motive, which bestows a merit on any action, can never be a regard to the virtue of that action, but must be some other natural motive or principle. To suppose, that the mere regard to the virtue of the action, may be the first motive, which produc'd the action, and render'd it virtuous, is to reason in a circle. Before we can have such a regard, the action must be really virtuous; and this virtue must be deriv'd from some virtuous motive: And consequently the virtuous motive must be different from the regard to the virtue of the action. A virtuous motive is requisite to render an action virtuous. An action must be virtuous, before we can have a regard to its virtue. Some virtuous motive, therefore, must be antecedent to that regard.
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| 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 478) T 3.2.1 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ways be motivated to do so because she has overtly deliberated that acting so is virtuous (T 478) - not any more than… |
| (T 478, 518) T 3.2.1.3 to T 3.2.5.4 n77 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …children), a parent's obligations are rooted in her being "bound by the laws of humanity" (T 478, 518). Moreover, these ar… |