Assignment Prompt: “In every system of morality, which I have hitherto met with, I have always remark’d, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden [sic] I am surpriz’d to find, that instead of the usual copulations of propositions, is, and is not, I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought, or an ought not. David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature, III.I.I.” Explain the critique of natural law theorising made in the above quotation by Hume, and whether it is a justified one. Submission Information and Presentation Guidelines The submitted assignment should be 3,000-3,500 words in length. This does not include reasonable footnotes or bibliography. Referencing must be in accordance with the OSCOLA referencing system. Assignments should be typed in Size 12, Times New Roman Font, 1.5 spacing and justified.
