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Moral Psychology

  1. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
    David Hume
    An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
    David Hume 1751

    This book examines how people judge moral character through a series of arguments and examples. A clever cheat, called the sensible knave, tests whether honesty always serves our own interests.

    2h 57m reading time