Research Paper On David Hume

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According to David Hume, everybody makes moral distinctions, and every one of us is affected by considerations of moral and immoral. That is, what we call "good" and "bad" it cannot be considered as something that is a property of a moral action. Therefore, if we analyze a moral action, either "good" or "bad," and we describe its properties, it will not appear "good" or "bad" as a quality of the object involved in the action, but it will appear one "feel" of the approval or disapproval of the events described. Therefore, I believe that Hume would judge the action of Julie and Mark as neither good nor bad. Here's why I think that Hume would judge like that: “The reason can judge on a question about facts or about relationships. Ask yourselves,

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