Francis Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson was an Irish philosopher widely regarded as one of the key figures of the early Scottish Enlightenment. He served as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and was a major advocate of moral sense theory, which holds that humans possess an innate sense that guides moral judgments.

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Who was born first?

• Francis Hutcheson and François Quesnay were born the same year
• Francis Hutcheson and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington were born the same year
• Francis Hutcheson and Hermann Samuel Reimarus were born the same year
• Francis Hutcheson and Voltaire were born the same year
• Francis Hutcheson was born 2 years before Henry Home, Lord Kames

Timeline

1. Francis Hutcheson (this page)August 8, 1694 – August 8, 1746
2. François QuesnayJune 4, 1694 – December 16, 1774
3. Hermann Samuel ReimarusDecember 22, 1694 – March 1, 1768
4. Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of BurlingtonApril 25, 1694 – December 4, 1753
5. VoltaireNovember 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778
6. Henry Home, Lord Kames1696 – December 27, 1782

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