QUESTION EIGHT

8. Offer a summary of Hume's ethical theory...give details. Now what would Kant say to Hume about his ethical theory?

hume's ethical theory is based on moral assertions that is innate in human nature. for hume, what determines morality is one's approval or disapproval on certain events. hume highly regards individual feelings because he believes that in them is asserted moral principles by default. these moral principles are a product of human nature, that is innate in every human beings. human nature is good, and therefore what comes from human nature is also good. hume argues that these moral principles are innately good because they are product of human nature. thus, he concludes that one's feeling of approval or disapproval is enough to determine whether an action is moral or immoral, for in society, approved actions are the ones that are socially useful and disapproved ones are mostly socially detrimental. morality, then, can be achieved by obeying this sense of approval, which in society is piled up into rules of justice.

kant's theory is centered around his categorical imperative, so my take is that kant would be a proponent to hume's theory. kant's categorical imperative says that an action should be done only if the moral principle behind it is true for everyone else. this is in a way no different than hume's theory, since hume's theory claims that right actions are the ones which the society approve, and wrong actions are the ones which the society disapprove. both regards highly the majority's opinion in deciding what is right or wrong.