Did David Hume Believe In Morals

David Hume was powerfully influenced by John Locke and George Berkeley in his university studies and further on in life. Hume's focus was that of philosophy, he had the sort of persona that allowed him to pose earth shattering questions like do we have any reason to believe that selves exist? Considering this aspect of Hume, it is very easy to understand the complexity of his mind. David Hume is known today due to his highly influential outlooks of empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. David Hume wrote the text An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, to discuss the differences between how we, as a singular person, believe in morals. One of my favorite things that Hume mentions is that people who do not believe the opinions the defend, still try to argue with a sense of thinking that they understand what they are …show more content…
It's shown time and time again, even respected people let opinions get in the way of things. They set us back, and if morals we based on reason and logic, they wouldn't vary as much as they do. Unless people don't understand what they are believing in, thats always possible. In the third section Hume brings up justice. Justice is different (or so he says) because it is based on humanity, for the good of humanity. I agree and disagree with this, because in the justice system there are still of course, flaws. Is everything justice stands for interrupted by those who practice the use of it? Personally we are all biases in different ways. Is the justice system really for the good of humanity? Or is it for the good of the justice system? It all again goes back to sentiment being a liable part of the decision making. If in anyway it was possible to act without opinion, i would agree with Hume's suggestion that justice acts for the good of humanity. In this text Hume weighs the usage of sentiment and reason in moral decision making and then takes a deeper look at the justice