From what I have seen, Enquiry… truly is a condensed version of his Treatise…, the arguments and logic is nearly the same, yet not quite so long-winded. He still maintains that some virtues arise naturally while others artificially, that benevolence is generally regarded as the highest and most well-received of virtues, and that justice arises necessarily out of human interaction. I wish I could expand on this more but my knees are buckling under the weight of all the other work I am obliged to do!
Hume’s Enquiry… is valuable for contemporary readers because, well it’s timeless: it is not restricted by alien customs or political contexts; no knowledge of the context in which the book was written is needed to understand Hume’s arguments.
Sorry this post was so short, I feel like my responses are “watered-down”- normally I am very thorough in my assignments, but I have myself spread thin this semester.
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