Does Hume Have a Theory of Justice? Export

@article{citeulike:902284, abstract = {The paper first argues that Hume fails to establish a coherent connection between justice and self-interest, because he fails both to state explicitly what he means by self-interest and to consider plausible alternative origins of the artificial virtue of justice. The paper then argues that Hume's conception of justice may plausibly be traced to the power of a few operating indirectly through convention. The argument focuses upon Hume's failure to extend justice to those insufficiently powerful to pose a real threat to others and his erroneous assumption that every particular property regime will serve the self-interest of all because all do better with some property regime rather than no property regime.}, author = {Reidy, -David}, citeulike-article-id = {902284}, journal = {Auslegung:-A-Journal-of-Philosophy}, keywords = {cap2, justice, vshume}, posted-at = {2006-10-17 21:51:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Does Hume Have a Theory of Justice?}, volume = {Auslegung-. Wint 93; 19(1): 63-74}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:902284 L3 - citeulike-article-id:902284 N2 - The paper first argues that Hume fails to establish a coherent connection between justice and self-interest, because he fails both to state explicitly what he means by self-interest and to consider plausible alternative origins of the artificial virtue of justice. The paper then argues that Hume's conception of justice may plausibly be traced to the power of a few operating indirectly through convention. The argument focuses upon Hume's failure to extend justice to those insufficiently powerful to pose a real threat to others and his erroneous assumption that every particular property regime will serve the self-interest of all because all do better with some property regime rather than no property regime. JF - Auslegung:-A-Journal-of-Philosophy TI - Does Hume Have a Theory of Justice? VL - Auslegung-. Wint 93; 19(1): 63-74 KW - cap2 KW - justice KW - vshume AU - Reidy, -David PY - 1993/// ER -