Jim Huebner

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Is Hume’s ‘progress of the sentiments’ to be understood as ontological or historical?

In his Treatise, Hume refers to "a progress of the sentiments" (Book III, Sec. II). As I understand this, he takes it that we may develop a bona fide commitment to justice such that it can...

20 January 2015 3,484 13 View

Accounts attributing to divine sources our codes for interpersonal conduct?

I'm seeking additional examples to go along with those like (a) the Babylonian king Hammurabi receiving his ‘code’ from Shamash (the god of justice) or (b) the God of the Israelites presenting...

26 December 2014 9,119 11 View

Is there really a 'Wisdom of Repugnance?'

In 1997, former chairman of the President's council on bioethics, advanced the idea that “in crucial cases…repugnance is the emotional expression of deep wisdom, beyond reason’s power to fully...

13 February 2014 7,165 18 View