Reconciling Emotions and Virtue: Towards a New Humean Virtue Ethics

情绪是对道德行为的威胁吗？虽然许多哲学家都持这一立场，但苏格兰启蒙运动哲学家大卫·休谟(David Hume，1711-1776)是这一趋势的一个例外。我的项目考察了休谟如何在他的道德哲学中整合情感和美德，即稳定的性格特征，并首次详细和系统地构建了以情感为基础的美德伦理学。这种观点有很大的潜力，因为它认真地看待情绪(包括负面情绪)在我们的个人生活和社会中扮演着重要的角色。与其他几种道德理论不同，情感是人类繁荣的核心，而不是抑制情感。我的项目旨在(A)提供对休谟关于负面情感及其道德影响的第一次全面研究；(B)发展一种基于情感的新的美德伦理学，灵感来自于我对休谟哲学的原始解释。本课题分为两个部分，分别与两个目标相对应：A部分主要是对休谟哲学的解读。研究的核心问题是：休谟如何在他的以情感为基础的伦理体系中调和消极的情感和美德？第二部分着重于在我对休谟的原创解释的启发下，构建一个新的伦理体系。研究的中心问题是：如何使基于休谟情感的元伦理学框架与德性伦理道德理论相一致？

Are emotions a threat to virtuous behaviour? Although many philosophers have held this position, the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) is an exception to this tendency. My project examines how Hume integrates emotions and virtues, namely stable character traits, in his moral philosophy and offers the first detailed and systematic construction of an emotion-based virtue ethics. Such a view has major potential, because it takes seriously that emotions (including negative ones) play an important role in our individual lives and in society. Rather than suppressing emotions, as several other moral theories do, emotions are central for human flourishing.My project aims (A) to offer the first comprehensive study of Hume's account of negative passions and their moral impact; and (B) to develop a novel emotion-based virtue ethics inspired by my original interpretation of Hume's philosophy. The project is divided into two parts, corresponding to the two aims:Part-A focuses on the interpretation of Hume's philosophy. The central research question is: How does Hume reconcile negative emotions and virtue within his emotion-based ethical system?Part-B focuses on the construction of a new system of ethics inspired by my original interpretation of Hume. The central research question is: How can a Humean emotion-based metaethical framework be made consistent with virtue ethical moral theories?