David Hume Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Governmental

 

Dr. James Otteson, John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame and author of the Essential David Hume, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Scottish philosopher and economist David Hume’s perspective on human nature—and why he viewed specifically government as an oft-misused vehicle for a select few to extract resources at the expense of others.

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