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Morality is objective and it's foundation is in sentiment.
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My thesis is that Hume holds that morality is objective and it's foundation is in sentiment. I will argue for this claim based on Hume's: An Enquiry into Human Morals, and excerpts from A Treatise of Human Nature. I will show that if we interpret Hume as defending the objectivity of morality then its foundation in sentiment follows. I will then describe the distinction between internal and external reasons based on Williams's paper: Internal and External Reasons and show how the belief that all reasons are internal it applies to and strengthens Hume's arguments. The objectivity of morality is investigated through several issues raised by Hume in his doctrines. First he presents the hypothesis, then discusses the human sentiment toward moral action, then explains what it is in moral action, the property of those qualities that makes humans deem it virtuous or vicious. Supports his view by citing the existence of...
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