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The foregoing survey of the views of Hutcheson, Butler and Hume on the subject of benevolence highlights the fact that these three philosophers, not unnaturally, share certain epistemological, psychological and metaphysical standpoints. By way of a concluding comment on this survey I propose very briefly to consider each of these standpoints.
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These examples are taken from Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics (London: Macmillan 1907), Book I.
John Balguy, ‘The Foundation of Moral Goodness’, in British Moralists, 1650–1800, ed. D. D. Raphael (Oxford 1969), 1 289–403.
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Roberts, T.A. (1973). Conclusion. In: The Concept of Benevolence. New Studies in Practical Philosophy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01082-0_5
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