Reading An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue | Alexandria
Read An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue by Hutcheson. Upending moral philosophy, Hutcheson's radical idea that we have an innate "moral sense" - like sight or hearing - challenged centuries of pure reason-based ethics. His proof? We feel genuine pleasure seeing kindness, suggesting evolution wired us for virtue. This revolutionized how we understand human nature's role in morality.