Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology

Philip A. Reed is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Canisius College, USA where he also codirects the Ethics and Justice Programs. His main areas of interest are in ethics, political philosophy, and moral psychology. His articles on Hume's moral psychology appear in such places as History of Philosophy Quarterly, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, and Canadian Journal of Philosophy. He has also published articles in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, and Christian Bioethics.Rico Vitz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, USA and serves as the Executive Vice President-Treasurer of the Hume Society. He is the author of Reforming the Art of Living: Nature, Virtue, and Religion in Descartes's Epistemology, co-editor of The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social, and the editor of Turning East: Contemporary Philosophers and the Ancient Christian Faith.

• Introduction: Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: An OverviewPhilip A. Reed1. Beyond the "Disease of the Learned": Hume on Passional DisordersMargaret Watkins2. Hume on the Rarity of VirtuePhilip A. Reed3. Spontaneity, Intuition, and Humean VirtueErin Frykholm4. Character, Culture, and Humean Virtue Ethics: Insights from Situationism and ConfucianismRico Vitz5. Empahty, Autism, and HumeKatharina Paxman Renick6. Cultivating Empathic Concern and Altruistic Motivation: Insights from Hume and BatsonAnnette Pierdziwol7. Preserving Practicality: In Defense of Hume's Sympathy-Based EthicsLorenzo Greco8. Hume, Bloom, and Moral InclusionAnne Jacobson9. Empathy, Interdependency, and Morality: Building from Hume's AccountLorraine Besser10. The Philosophical Power of Hume's Notion of LoveChristine Swanton11. Hume on the Methods and Limits of the Science of Human NatureSaul Traiger12. Hume on Moral MotivationMichael Gill13. Passionate Regulation and the Practicality of ReasonElizabeth Radcliffe14. Hume on Affective LeadershipEric SchliesserConclusion: Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology: Future DirectionsRico Vitz

"The volume's warm and enthusiastic endorsement of recent empirical sciences and its relation to Hume is welcome . . . It is great to have in a single volume a variety of illuminating ways in which Hume's morals are relevant to recent empirical work." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Hume's Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Psychology is an exceptionally interesting and illuminating reflection on Hume’s contributions to moral philosophy and in particular its relations, both methodological and doctrinal, to contemporary cognitive psychology." – John Bricke, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Kansas"I consider this book a treasured contribution to moral psychology. All of the chapters provide valuable insight into the relevance of Hume's moral philosophy to contemporary psychology and will be of interest to scholars and students interested in these discussions. The chapters are well-ordered in accordance with the questions they attempt to answer, and the style of writing is very clear. The introduction chapter by Reed and the conclusion chapter by Vitz are especially helpful for the reader who wants to make a straight to the point reading." - Saliha Bayır, Metapsychology Online Reviews