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Ideas of Francis Hutcheson, by Text
[British, 1694 - 1746, Born in Ireland. Professor at Glasgow University.]
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1725
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Treatise 2: Virtue or Moral Good
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Intro
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p.263
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6238
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We approve of actions by a superior moral sense
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§I.VI
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p.267
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6239
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We dislike a traitor, even if they give us great benefit
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§I.VIII
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p.269
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6240
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The moral sense is not an innate idea, but an ability to approve or disapprove in a disinterested way
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§II.I
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p.271
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6241
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Contempt of danger is just madness if it is not in some worthy cause
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§II.IV
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p.274
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6242
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We cannot choose our moral feelings, otherwise bribery could affect them
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§II.V
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p.277
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6243
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As death approaches, why do we still care about family, friends or country?
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§II.VII
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p.278
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6244
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Human nature seems incapable of universal malice, except what results from self-love
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§III.VIII
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p.284
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6245
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That action is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest number
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§III.XII
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p.288
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6246
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My action is not made good by a good effect, if I did not foresee and intend it
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§V.VIII
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p.291
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6247
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Everyone feels uneasy when seeing others in pain, unless the others are evil
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§VII.III
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p.294
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6248
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Reason is too slow and doubtful to guide all actions, which need external and moral senses
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§VII.V
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p.296
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6250
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We say God is good if we think everything he does aims at the happiness of his creatures
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§VII.V
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p.296
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6249
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If goodness is constituted by God's will, it is a tautology to say God's will is good
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§VII.VI
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p.297
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6251
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The loss of perfect rights causes misery, but the loss of imperfect rights reduces social good
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1728
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Treatise 4: The Moral Sense
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Intro
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p.305
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6252
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Happiness is a pleasant sensation, or continued state of such sensations
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§I
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p.307
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6253
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Reason is our power of finding out true propositions
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§I
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p.310
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6254
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We are asked to follow God's ends because he is our benefactor, but why must we do that?
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§I
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p.313
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6255
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Why may God not have a superior moral sense very similar to ours?
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§IV
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p.318
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6256
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Can't the moral sense make mistakes, as the other senses do?
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§IV
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p.320
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6257
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You can't form moral rules without an end, which needs feelings and a moral sense
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