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On Hume's Conservatism

On Hume's Conservatism On Hume's Conservatism Donald W. Livingston Hume Studies, Volume 21, Number 2, November 1995, pp. 151-164 (Article) Published by Hume Society For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/382717/summary Access provided at 17 Feb 2020 18:21 GMT from JHU Libraries Hume Studies Volume XXI, Number 2, November 1995, pp. 151-164 On Hume's Conservatism DONALD W. LIVINGSTON In Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy,1 John Stewart seeks to establish two theses. The first is that Hume's philosophical skepticism does not entail political conservatism as many commentators have argued, and the second is that central to all of Hume's writings, but especially to the History and the Essays, is a program of major reforms. These include an ethic of in- dividualism and cosmopolitanism, protection of private property, repre- sentative government under the rule of law, free trade, anti-imperialism, and moderate secularization. Stewart is right, I think, that these reforms are central to Hume's philosophic project, and he explores them with historical depth and subtlety. What is not so convincing, however, at least in the form presented, is the thesis that Hume is a liberal and not a conservative. And it is this thesis that I wish to explore. The first thing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hume Studies Hume Society

On Hume's Conservatism

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On Hume's Conservatism Donald W. Livingston Hume Studies, Volume 21, Number 2, November 1995, pp. 151-164 (Article) Published by Hume Society For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/382717/summary Access provided at 17 Feb 2020 18:21 GMT from JHU Libraries Hume Studies Volume XXI, Number 2, November 1995, pp. 151-164 On Hume's Conservatism DONALD W. LIVINGSTON In Opinion and Reform in Hume's Political Philosophy,1 John Stewart seeks to establish two theses. The first is that Hume's philosophical skepticism does not entail political conservatism as many commentators have argued, and the second is that central to all of Hume's writings, but especially to the History and the Essays, is a program of major reforms. These include an ethic of in- dividualism and cosmopolitanism, protection of private property, repre- sentative government under the rule of law, free trade, anti-imperialism, and moderate secularization. Stewart is right, I think, that these reforms are central to Hume's philosophic project, and he explores them with historical depth and subtlety. What is not so convincing, however, at least in the form presented, is the thesis that Hume is a liberal and not a conservative. And it is this thesis that I wish to explore. The first thing

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