T 3.2.1.8
SBN 479 · cited directly by 2 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
But may not the sense of morality or duty produce an action, without any other motive? I answer, It may: But this is no objection to the present doctrine. When any virtuous motive or principle is common in human nature, a person, who feels his heart devoid of that motiveprinciple, may hate himself upon that account, and may perform the action without the motive, from a certain sense of duty, in order to acquire by practice, that virtuous principle, or at least, to disguise to himself, as much as possible, his want of it. A man that really feels no gratitude in his temper, is still pleas'd to perform grateful actions, and thinks he has, by that means, fulfill'd his duty. Actions are at first only consider'd as signs of motives: But 'tis usual, in this case, as in all others, to fix our attention on the signs, and neglect, in some measure, the thing signify'd. But tho', on some occasions, a person may perform an action merely out of regard to its moral obligation, yet still this supposes in human nature some distinct principles, which are capable of producing the action, and whose moral beauty renders the action meritorious.
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| Penelhum 1992 | (T 479) T 3.2.1 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …nsures of other people. This is one account Hume gives of the origin of our sense of duty (T 479), thereby making con… |
| 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… |
| (T 479) T 3.2.1 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ural" virtues of, say, humanity (qua benevolence), generosity (EPM 9.19) and gratefulness (T 479) as duties we are ob… | |
| 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… |