Among those sympathetic to Hume's moral philosophy, a general consensus has emerged that his first work on the topic, A Treatise of Human Nature, is his best. His later work, An Enquiry Concerning the ...

I trust that you, Dear Reader, feel as relieved as I do that our government’s guests at Guantanamo Bay are, as of Friday, no longer to be denominated “enemy combatants.” What shall we call them ...

In the Old Calton cemetery in Edinburgh, David Hume’s mausoleum, a stout, cylindrical tower, dominates the surrounding tombstones. Contrasting with this imposing tomb, Hume insisted that it carry a ...

A bronze statue of David Hume in Edinburgh, Scotland. (AP) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

The question is whether Hume’s essay Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth should be regarded as a piece of utopian political theory or not. Hume himself seems to be ambiguous on this point. On the one hand ...