An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, credited to David Hume, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume (1711 - 1776). Read in English by Ruth Golding; MorganScorpion; gscheids; Lucas Boulding; Anthony Webster; Amy Koenig. David Hume, an eminent Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, explores the nature and foundation of Morals in this book, which was written as a popular summary of Book III in A Treatise of Human Nature. Hume states: “There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or from Sentiment; whether we attain the knowledge of them by a chain of argument and induction, or by an immediate feeling and finer internal sense; whether, like all sound judgement of truth and falsehood, they should be the same to every rational intelligent being; or whether, like the perception of beauty and deformity, they be founded entirely on the particular fabric and constitution of the human species.” (Excerpted from Section I – Of the General Principles of Morals) (Summary from the text and adapted from Wikipedia by lubee930)

Recording facts

• Recording title: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
• Author credits: David Hume
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 5:46:02

Catalogue topics

• ethics
• morals
• justice
• reason

Track guide

1. 01 - Section I. Of the General Principles of Morals — 15:12
2. 02 - Section II. Of Benevolence, Part I — 5:39
3. 03 - Section II. Of Benevolence, Part II — 9:48
4. 04 - Section III. Of Justice, Part I — 22:05
5. 05 - Section III. Of Justice, Part II — 29:53
6. 06 - Section IV. Of Political Society — 12:08
7. 07 - Section V. Why Utility Pleases, Part I — 13:16
8. 08 - Section V. Why Utility Pleases, Part II — 29:16
9. 09 - Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Part I — 24:06
10. 10 - Section VI. Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Part II — 12:27
11. 11 - Section VII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves — 27:34
12. 12 - Section VIII. Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Others — 16:17
13. 13 - Section IX. Conclusion, Part I — 27:46
14. 14 - Section IX. Conclusion, Part II — 13:33
15. 15 - Appendix I. Concerning Moral Sentiment — 22:30
16. 16 - Appendix II. Of Self-Love — 22:48
17. 17 - Appendix III. Some Farther Considerations with Regard to Justice — 20:00
18. 18 - Appendix IV. Of Some Verbal Disputes — 21:44

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