Hutcheson

/ ˈhʌtʃɪsən /

noun

HutchesonFrancis16941746MScottishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)

Mrs. Hutcheson, whose maiden name was Lawrence, married as her first husband Colonel Steward.

His doctrine is to a great extent derived from the teaching of Hutcheson and Bishop Butler.

Hutcheson had invented the sacred phrase: and Hume had based his moral system upon 'utility.'

Another man (Hutcheson) invents a thing made on purpose to tell him what is right and what is wrong and calls it a 'moral sense.'

The only remaining work assigned to Hutcheson is a small treatise on Logic (Glasgow, 1764).

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