Natural and Artificial Virtues
Natural and Artificial Virtues
A Vindication of Hume's Scheme
Hume's distinction of natural virtues and artificial virtues grows out of his explanatory scheme. But the distinction seems well founded and shows a puzzle in Aristotle's account of the virtues. Hume's account of the artificial virtues is in outline convincing and has the effect of qualifying his title to be a straightforward ‘virtue theorist’.
Keywords: Aristotle, artificial virtue, Hume, natural virtue, virtue, virtue ethics
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