Hume's Moral Theory?

History of Philosophy Quarterly 12 (3):317 - 331 (1995)
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Hume's moral theory is often taken to be descriptive rather then normative. This is a misinterpretation: Hume justifies moral claims, as he justifies claims about what to believe, by appeal to initially credible cases. This procedure is defensible

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