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Justice And Injustice

Book 3 Part 3 of The Simplified Treatise of Human Nature by Hume

The Private and Public Interests Are Not The Motive To Justice Or Morality

Section 1b

Chastity and Modesty

Section 12

Economic Justice

Section 2b

Is Justice A Natural Or Artificial Virtue?

Section 1

Property and Justice

Section 2c

The State Of Nature; And Common Interest As The Origin Of Justice

Section 2d

The Origin Of Justice And Property

Section 2

The Rules Which Determine Property

Section 3

The Transference Of Property By Consent

Section 4

The Obligation of Promises

Section 5

More Reflections On Justice And Injustice

Section 6

Argument 2: Property, Right, And Obligation Do Not Admit of Variations

Section 6b

The Origin of Government

Section 7

The Source Of Allegiance

Section 8

Government is an Artificial Invention

Section 8b

The Measures Of Allegiance

Section 9

The Objects Of Allegiance

Section 10