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題名: | 休謨是契約論者嗎?對高提也的“David Hume, Contractarian”之批判性反思 Is Hume A Contractarian? A Critical Reflection on David Gauthier`s "David Hume, Contractarian" |
作者: | 陳建綱 Chen, Chien-kang |
貢獻者: | 政治系 | 關鍵詞: | 休謨 ; 正義 ; 社會契約 ; 親社會性 ; 效益 David Hume ; Justice ; Social Contract ; Sociability ; Utility |
日期: | Dec-2015 | 上傳時間: | 24-Dec-2019 | 摘要: | There is a trend that forms lately in the study of David Hume`s political thought, namely an increasing number of scholars now regard Hume`s theory of justice as founded on the idea of social contract. This view deviates from Hume`s conventional image which proposed significant criticism of social contract theory. To evaluate this interpretive perspective, this article focuses on David Gauthier`s "David Hume, Contractarian". Gauthier`s essay has two implications. First, Gauthier argues that whereas Hume`s theory of justice is founded on a principle of utility, utility for Hume does not reveal the general welfare of society as what utilitarianism defends, but mutual advantage compatible with a contractarian account of morality. Second, Gauthier emphasizes the conservative tendency of Hume`s political thought, and he rejects that there is a concern for distributive justice in it. This article argues that, unlike Gauthier`s view, Hume thinks that human nature may not be reduced to the psychology of selfishness. On the contrary, men`s natural sociability and sympathy are crucial to Hume`s theory of justice. Moreover, if Gauthier took Hume`s economic essays more seriously, he would have found Hume`s criticism of slavery and oppressions. On that account, it seems not fair to depict Hume as a conservative indifferent to social inequality. | 關聯: | 政治與社會哲學評論, No.55, pp.1-49 | 資料類型: | article | DOI: | https://doi.org/10.6523/168451532015120055001 |
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