Emotions Over Reason: Humes Moral Sentimentalism in Action

Moral sentimentalism Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor’s Name Course Number Date Hume’s theory disputes reason as a standard of morality, asserting that moral sentiments such as passion and feelings significantly influence human action. The basis of this discussion is the argument that moral judgments and evaluations emanate from moral sentiments which provoke good or evil. The center of the discussion is the construct of justice. The law relies on factual reasoning, which is disputable since human beings are slaves of their passions and act when provoked. The law enforces severe punishment for murder without conferring on the consequential of the murder. This paper will also present an objection in the context of the natural law of humanity and God-given, in which life is sacred and the vice of killing is forbidden, whatever the circumstances. The counterargument presented in this case limits reason as a slave of human passions. It cannot stir human activity. the critique on universal natural laws are mere facts, but human beings are not subject to the law and will continue breaking the rules. This paper will discuss reason as a slave of human passions using the construct of justice to coherently define ne moral conviction that is uncertain and innocent using Hu