Doing things with others

the mental commons

Annette C. Baier

pp. 15-44

in: Lilli Alanen, Sara Heinämaa, Thomas Wallgren (eds), Commonality and particularity in ethics, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

Abstract

"The mutual dependence of men is so great in all societies that scarce any human action is entirely complete in itself, or is performed without some reference to the actions of others, which are requisite to make it answer fully to the intentions of the agent." (David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Sect VII, Part 1.)

Cited authors

Hume David