I examine the theories of Hutcheson and Hume because it is not clear what resources moral sentimentalism has available to it in order to address questions about the reasonableness of moral action. To this end, the essay analyzes three defenses of Francis Hutcheson's, David Hume's The Seventh Sense: Francis Hutcheson and Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics. Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics). Francis Hutcheson. Aesthetic Theories: Studies in the Philosophy of Art. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1965. Blackstone, William T. Francis Hutcheson and Contemporary Ethical Theory. Hutcheson, Francis and Wolfgang Leidhold. An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue: In Two Treatises. Francis Hutcheson, author of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition], on LibraryThing. Francis Hutcheson. Author of An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. Hutcheson's theory of morality shares far more common ground with Clarke's morality than is generally acknowledged. In fact, Hutcheson's own view of his innovations in moral theory suggest that he understood moral sense theory more as an elaboration and partial correction to Clarkean fitness 13.99 USD. Windows. Known today mainly as a teacher of Adam Smith (1723-90) and an influence on David Hume (1711-76), Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was a first-rate thinker whose work deserves study on its own merit. the Moral Sense in Francis H. Ethical Theory, Hg 1971; W. Tatarkiewicz, Dzieje szesciu pojec, Wwa 1975, 19884; P. Kivy, The SeventhSense. A Study of Francis H. Aesthetics and Its Influence in Eighteenth-Century Britain, NY 1976; E. Michael, Francis H. on Aesthetic Perception and Aesthetic Prof. James Stacey Taylor discusses the contributions of Francis Hutcheson, an intellectual of the Scottish Enlightenment who was instrumental in advancing Francis Hutcheson. Selected Philosophical Writings · Library of Scottish Philosophy. by John McHugh. While his most important contribution to the history of ideas was likely his theory of an innate sense of morality, Hutcheson also wrote on a wide variety of other subjects, including art Francis Hutcheson, a Scottish philosopher, born in Ireland, Aug. 8, 1694, died in Glasgow in 1747. He studied theology at Glasgow, and became pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in Ulster. Francis Hutcheson by William Robert Scott; 11 editions; First published in 1900; Subjects: Moral Sense Theory, ethics, Utilitarianism, benevolence; Places: Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow; People: Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746), David Hume, Adam Smith Francis Hutcheson. William Robert Scott. Francis Hutcheson, 1694-1746. An Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, and Design, 1725 (PDF, 293kb). An Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Morality, 1725 (PDF, 375kb). Francis Hutcheson, 1694-1746. An Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, and Design, 1725 (PDF, 293kb). An Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Morality, 1725 (PDF, 375kb). The Seventh Sense is the definitive study of the aesthetic theory of the great eighteenth-century philosopher Francis Hutcheson, arguably the founder of the modern discipline of aesthetics, and one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment.