1. Hume Vs. Kant
Through the reading of Plato's Republic and Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals the reader can see many conflicts in ideas such as the idea between Thrasymachus and Hume on Justice. Thrasymachus believes that justice is simply the advantage of the stronger, ruling class. (Plato 14) Hume on the other hand believes that justice is significant for its usefulness. For example, if there were a society where everyone was an equal and there was an abundance of everything anyone could ever hope for, than there would be no need for justice. In society today there is no justice over the air yet it is necessary for life. Because of the abundant amount of air there are not any conflicts over people's right to air, therefore there is no need for justice. (Hume 21).
Hume would not agree with Thrasymachus" idea of justice because it does not always prove useful. For example if there were a society that had a deficiency of all things necessary. According to Thrasymachus" idea on justice the stronger or ruling class should be the beneficiary of justice. So say a law is passed that the ruling class be given an excess of the things they need. This would leave little or none for the lesser people so the justice is not useful to them. (Plato 15) On the other hand if Hume's ideas were applied and justice were based on necessity the resources would be distributed throughout society where they could be of the most use. So according to Hume's idea justice should only be applied when needed and when it is applied, it is in place to take care of all levels of society. (Hume 21-22) .
The variations in laws from society to society are also a difference of opinion between Thrasymachus and Hume. Thrasymachus believes that the laws of each society are put into affect to benefit the ruling class of that society. Such as the laws from the society lacking necessities. The laws there are instated for the good of the stronger.
Hume was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 7, 1711. ... Hume's Treatise presented radical philosophical ideas and defined Hume as one of the first skeptics. ... Hume denies the reasonableness of right and wrong. ... Hume was referring to his History of Great Britain. ... Hume again attacked the behavior of Parliament. ...
For Hume the highest court of appeal is probability. ... Hume says that witnesses with conflicts of interest are unreliable. I think these are the only unreliable witnesses that Hume discusses. ... Hume says that people believe in miracles for three reasons. ... All Hume is doing is avoiding answering the real question. ...
Has the Design Argument been forever altered by Hume? Can it render service in post-Hume discussions? ... Then, Hume raises an objection. ... If Hume is right the implications are far-reaching. ... Such a class of topics Hume renders unwarranted. ...
Born in Edinburgh, Hume was intended to go into law. ... In 1776 David Hume died from a tumour in his liver. One of Hume's beliefs was his view on the external world. ... This relates to Hume's Beliefs on Miracles. ... Hume had strong thoughts about the grounds of morality. ...
Hume argues that doctrine both of necessity and liberty hold true. ... Hume goes on to say that it has been noted that there is a "great uniformity" in the actions of men. ... Hume goes on further to define liberty as the power of acting or not acting according to the determinations of the will of a being. Hume asserts that everyone will side with this view and since deliberations based on will are possible, liberty holds true. Thus, Hume goes on to prove his point that liberty and necessity hold true. ...
According to Hume knowledge of matters of fact come from previous experience. ... It can be affirmed that 2 + 2 equals 4, according to Hume's "relations of ideas." ... By claiming that the sun will rise tomorrow according to Hume is not false, nor is it true. ... Hume grouped perceptions and experiences into one of two categories: impressions and ideas. (238) According to Hume, ideas are memories of sensations but impressions are the cause of the sensation. ... Hume believed that ideas were just dull imitations of impressions. ...
Hume provides two reasons supporting this claim. ... (Hume,634) His second reason is supported by those with a defected organ. ... (Hume,634) Ideas are faint copies of these impressions, caused by one's reflection. ... Hume supports this claim with an example concerning the nourishment of bread. ... (W,64) Warnock gives an example illustrating this objection on Hume's argument. ...
In this claim made by Hume, nothing is distinctly conceivable implies a contradiction, implies whatever exists must have cause and in this case if that something is distinctly conceivable it has cause and it does not imply a contradiction. ... The claim to say that "whatever we conceive as existent, we can conceive as non-existent." would be thought to be seen as grounds against Hume's claim that God's existence is not demonstrable, but he justifies this claim by taking imaginative inductions. ...