2009 Güz Sayı 13

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The role of animal reason in Hume’s ethics
(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2009) Çelik, Şengül
Hume’s anti-rationalist tendencies towards moral issues can be seen in the parts of his books allotted to animals. However, the problem considering animal reason has not been examined in detail by Hume’s interpreters; I think the deficiencies in both his observations and his poor analogies cause this lack of interest. In this paper I want to argue with Hume’s view of morality in respect to animals for doing so provides great insight into both Hume’s examination of the dominance of reason and his naturalism. Hume uses animals both for stating his theory about reason and for his moral theory. It is assumed in this paper that his assertion to show that morality does not come from relations ― therefore reason ― fails to be persuasive due to the poor design and choice of his analogy.