Justice and Convention in Hume's Philosophy

Eléonore Le Jallé (1)

1 STL - Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

Hume’s conception of justice is examined through its specific interrogations (is justice an artificial or a natural virtue ?, what is the origin of its institution ?, why is justice morally approved ?) but the article also aims at providing Hume’s answers to more general questions : is there any independent standard of justice ?, is it rational to be just ? Besides Hume’s famous and questionable identification of justice and propriety, his theory of justice offers a coherent analysis of justice as a convention of coordination, as an institution and as a virtue.

Mots clés: rules; Hume; justice; convention; moral approbation; property

Domaines: Philosophie

Eléonore Le Jallé. Justice and Convention in Hume's Philosophy. Angela M. Coventry, Alexander Sager. The Humean Mind, Routledge, 2018. ⟨hal-01933899⟩