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Hutcheson, Francis (1694–1746)

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List of works

  • Hutcheson, F. (1969–71) Collected Works, ed. B. Fabian, Hildesheim: Olms, 7 vols.

    (A facsimile edition of the works listed below, with the exception of the items found in (1724).)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1724) ‘Reflections on the Common Systems of Morality’, The London Journal; repr. in Francis Hutcheson: Two Texts on Human Nature, ed. T. Mautner, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

    (The two texts are Hutcheson’s brief account of the systems of morality (1724), and a translation of his inaugural lecture on the social nature of man (1730).)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1725a) An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue; In Two Treatises, London and Dublin; revised 1726, 1729, 1738.

    (The two treatises are: I, An Inquiry concerning Beauty, Order &c. and II, An Inquiry concerning Moral Good and Evil. These constitute Hutcheson’s initial attempt to show that we are equipped with aesthetic and moral senses that enable us to recognize beauty and virtue.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1725b) Letters to The London Journal .

    (Hutcheson’s letters of June and October were in response to critical letters by Gilbert Burnet the Younger, who objected to Hutcheson’s attempt to found morality in human nature. The complete exchange is reprinted in Collected Works, 1969–71, vol. 7.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1725c) ‘Reflections upon Laughter’, The Dublin Weekly Journal. repr. in Collected Works, 1969–71, vol. 7.

    (Three letters criticizing Hobbes’ account of laughter and of human nature.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1725d) ‘Remarks upon the Fable of the Bees’, The Dublin Weekly Journal; repr. in Collected Works, 1969–71, vol. 7.

    (Three letters criticizing Mandeville’s egoistic account of morality.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1728) An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections: With Illustrations on the Moral Sense, London and Dublin, revised, 1728, 1730, 1742.

    (Hutcheson’s account of the passions and a further explication and defence of the moral sense theory.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1730) De naturali hominum Socialitate Oratio Inauguralis (Inaugural Lecture on the Social Nature of Man), Glasgow; repr. in Francis Hutcheson: Two Texts on Human Nature, ed. T. Mautner, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

    (1993 is a recent translation, with helpful notes.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1742a) Metaphysicae synopsis: ontologiam et pneumatologiam complectens (Synopsis of Metaphysics: Comprising ontology and pneumatology), Glasgow; repr. in Collected Works, vol. 7, 1969–71.

    (Apparently lecture notes from Hutcheson course on metaphysics, published without his consent; revised by Hutcheson 1744–5.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1742b) Philosophiae moralis institutio compendiaria, Glasgow; trans. A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, Glasgow, 1747.

    (A comprehensive survey, based on Hutcheson’s lectures, of the elements of ethics and the law of nature. The translation is thought most likely to be by Hutcheson or his colleague and friend James Moor.)

  • Hutcheson, F. (1755) A System of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow.

    (Written by 1738, but published posthumously by Hutcheson’s son, Francis the Younger. A comprehensive account of morality in three books. Includes discussions of human nature, the supreme good, and of our natural and civil duties.)

References and further reading

  • Balguy, J. (1728–9) The Foundation of Moral Goodness: or a Further Inquiry into the Original of our Idea of Virtue, London, 1728; Part II 1729; facsimile repr. Part I and Part II, New York: Garland Press, 1976.

    (Includes Balguy’s objections to Hutcheson’s moral theory as well as his alternative rationalist account of the foundations of morality.)

  • Frankena, W. (1955) ‘Hutcheson’s Moral Sense Theory’, Journal of the History of Ideas 16: 356–375.

    (Argues that Hutcheson is an emotivist.)

  • Haakonssen, K. (1990) ‘Natural Law and Moral Realism: The Scottish Synthesis’, in Oxford Studies in the History of Philosophy I (Studies in the Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment), 61–85.

    (Important effort to assess the character of Hutcheson’s moral realism.)

  • Henrick, D. (1957) ‘Hutcheson und Kant’, Kant-Studien 49: 49–69.

    (An account of Kant’s interest in, and disagreements with, Hutcheson.)

  • Hope, V. (1989) Virtue by Consensus: The Moral Philosophy of Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith, Oxford: Clarendon Press.

    (An essentially comparative study of Hutcheson, Hume and Adam Smith.)

  • Hume, D. (1739–40) A Treatise of Human Nature, London.

    (Book III, a classic work of moral theory, was revised in response to Hutcheson’s criticisms.)

  • Jensen, H. (1971) Motivation and the Moral Sense in Francis Hutcheson’s Moral Theory, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.

    (Aims to show the problems arising from Hutcheson’s accounts of motivation and the moral sense.)

  • Kivy, P. (1976) The Seventh Sense: A Study of Francis Hutcheson’s Aesthetics and its Influence in 18th-century Britain, New York: Franklin.

    (A comprehensive study of Hutcheson’s aesthetic theory.)

  • Leidhold, W. (1985) Ethik und Politik bei Francis Hutcheson (Ethics and Politics in Frances Hutcheson), Munich: Alber.

    (A comprehensive study of Hutcheson’s moral philosophy.)

  • Mandeville, B. (1714–23) The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices Publick Benefits, London.

    (Includes several works supportive of Mandeville’s cynical, egoistic account of the origins of morality.)

  • Moore, J. (1990) ‘The Two Systems of Francis Hutcheson: On the Origins of the Scottish Enlightenment’, in Oxford Studies in the History of Philosophy I (Studies in the Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment), 37–59.

    (Argues for a distinct change of view between Hutcheson’s earlier and later writings.)

  • Moore, J. (1994) ‘Hume and Hutcheson’, in M.A. Stewart and J.W. Wright (eds) Hume and Hume’s Connexions, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

    (A somewhat speculative account of the relationship between Hutcheson and Hume.)

  • Norton, D.F. (1974) ‘Hutcheson’s Moral Sense Theory Reconsidered’, Dialogue 12: 3–23.

    (A rebuttal of Frankena’s emotivist interpretation of Hutcheson.)

  • Norton, D.F. (1976) ‘Francis Hutcheson in America’, Studies in Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 151 (5): 1547–1568.

    (A discussion of Hutcheson’s influence in colonial north America.)

  • Norton, D.F. (1982) David Hume: Common-Sense Moralist, Sceptical Metaphysician, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982.

    (Chapter 2 discusses Hutcheson; Chapter 3 includes a comparison of important aspects of the moral theories of Hutcheson and Hume.)

  • Norton, D.F. (1985) ‘Hutcheson’s Moral Realism’, Journal of the History of Philosophy 23: 397–418.

    (Argues against Winkler (1984) that Hutcheson is plausibly interpreted as one kind of moral realist.)

  • Price, R. (1758) A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals, London.

    (Includes criticisms of Hutcheson’s account of the foundations of morality.)

  • Raphael, D.D. (1947) The Moral Sense, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    (Includes a chapter on Hutcheson’s moral theory.)

  • Robbins, C. (1954) ‘When it is that Colonies May Turn Independent: An Analysis of the Environment and Politics of Francis Hutcheson’, William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd series, 11: 214–251.

    (On Hutcheson’s political philosophy and its influence in colonial America.)

  • Scott, F.R. (1900) Francis Hutcheson: His Life, Teaching and Position in the History of Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    (Outdated, but the only substantial biography of Hutcheson available.)

  • Smith, A. (1759) The Theory of Moral Sentiments, London.

    (A much-modified account of the moral sense, by Hutcheson’s most famous student.)

  • Smyth, D. (1992) Francis Hutcheson, Fortnight 308, supplement, Belfast.

    (Includes brief articles by D.D. Raphael, J. Moore, D.F. Norton, and seven others, on Hutcheson’s life, philosophy and influence.)

  • Winkler, K. (1984) ‘Hutcheson’s Alleged Realism’, Journal of the History of Philosophy 23: 179–194.

    (Criticism of Norton’s realist interpretation of Hutcheson.)

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