Innocence and Experience

Auteur
Stuart Hampshire was Bonsall Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University.

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In this book, Stuart Hampshire argues that no individual and no modern society can avoid conflicts between incompatible moral interests. The book closely examines the critical relationship between morality and justice, paying particular attention to Hume's moral subjectivism (which Hampshire disputes) and proposing a reply to Machiavelli's claim that the realities of politics inevitably oblige leaders to choose between unavoidable evils. In this book, Stuart Hampshire vividly illuminates the tensions between justice and other sources of value in society and in the life of the individual.

Résumé
Humans have lived by very different conceptions of the good life. Hampshire argues that no individual and no modern society can avoid conflicts between incompatible moral interests. Combining intellectual rigor with imaginative power, he illuminates the tensions between justice and other sources of value in society and the life of the individual.

Contenu
Index Introduction 1. Parts of the Soul Reason and the Soul Justice and the Soul Thought and Reflection Reason and Imagination Language and Knowledge 2. Justice and History Practical Reasoning Procedural Justice and Historical Possibility Reply to Relativism Nazism and Evil Basic Procedural justice 3. Hume's Ghost False Isolation Value Judgments Possibilities and Presuppositions Fact and Value Kinds of Possibility Good and Evil Again Procedural Justice: A Summary Hume's Last Reply 4. Individuality and Memory Memory and Variety Individuals and History Imagination Transcendence Virtue and Justice The Dual Aspect of Morality Justice and Pluralism Justice and Liberal Assumptions Attachment to the Past Conflicts about Duty Conceptions of the Good: Nietzsche 5. Morality and Machiavelli Machiavelli's Problem Towards a Reply Innocence and Experience Illustrated History Again Justice and the Dispossessed A Reply to Machiavelli