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    If sympathy with public interest cannot be derived from m... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Hume must either ground sympathy for public interest in more basic natural sentiments or abandon the claim that all morally good actions have natural, non-moral motives.

    If sympathy with public interest cannot be derived from more basic natural sentiments, it cannot satisfy this requirement.

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    According to the Treatise, artificial virtues include justice, fidelity to promises, allegiance to government, and chastity. Hume devotes much discussion to justice, which he treats as a paramount and paradigmatic artificial virtue. Hume understands justice primarily as honesty with respect to property or conformity to conventions of property (T 3.2.2.28). Establishing a system of property allows us to avoid conflict and enjoy the possession and use of various goods. The social value of conventi

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