[(The British Moralists and the Internal 'Ought': 1640-1740)] [Author: Stephen L. Darwall] published on

by Stephen L. Darwall

This major work in the history of ethics provides the first study of early modern British ethics in several decades. It aims to uncover the roots of the idea (called internalism in contemporary discussion) that any binding 'ought' must be based in the motives of a deliberating agent, as this notion developed in the thought of British philosophers writing in the period from Hobbes to the appearance of Hume's Treatise in 1740.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

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First published April 28, 1995