Our morals come from shared feelings, not just logic
David Hume believed our moral judgments are rooted in sympathy—our innate ability to share others' emotions—challenging the idea that pure reason dictates ethics.
Scottish philosopher David Hume argued that our moral judgments stem from sympathy, not just reason. In his 1739 work, *A Treatise of Human Nature*, Hume proposed that we instinctively feel others' joys and pains, which then shapes our sense of right and wrong.
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