Introduction
1. The Problem of the Self
2. The Narrative of the Self
3. A Sympathetic Standpoint
4. The Perfect Character
5. Humean Reflective Endorsement
6. Humean Virtue Ethics
Biography
Lorenzo Greco is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of L'Aquila. His research areas include ethics, moral psychology, political philosophy, and the British Enlightenment, with a particular focus on David Hume. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of the History of Philosophy, the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Utilitas, and in various collections.
"The Proud Self is an ambitious and rewarding book in which Lorenzo Greco develops a new interpretation of Hume’s notion of the self. Central to his account is pride and the role this plays in the ongoing narratives that frame our lives. This account is supported by a Humean virtue ethics, from which Greco’s persuasive picture of Hume’s sentiment-based account of the self emerges. Greco thus rejects the no-self interpretation of Hume and Aristotelian virtue ethics and in developing his rich and distinctive interpretation, we discover the relations in Hume between virtue, sympathy, character, autonomy, pride and agency. A must-read for anyone interested in Hume."
Dan O'Brien, Oxford Brookes University, UK
