2 Quotes & Sayings By Francis Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson (1694 – 1746) was an English philosopher. He was a moral philosopher, who attempted to discover the foundation of morals by examining the mental states that can be found in human beings. Hutcheson's moral philosophy was a precursor to ethical egoism. He is known as a founder of the modern empirical school of moral philosophy, and as a founder of the Scottish Enlightenment.