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<p>This paper compares Hume and Shepherd’s account of the imagination. While both Hume and Shepherd agree that ‘conceivability implies possibility’, they differ in their views about what is ‘conceivable’, and therefore, what is possible. I explore the implications that these two views have for the Abhorrent Acts Objection to the Divine Command Ethics. I argue that the objection is successful only if we adopt Hume’s account of the imagination but fails if we adopt Shepherd’s account.</p>

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Can You Imagine That? David Hume, Lady Mary Shepherd and the ‘Abhorrent Acts’ Objection

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    2026年4月16日

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  • Daryl Ooi

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This paper compares Hume and Shepherd’s account of the imagination. While both Hume and Shepherd agree that ‘conceivability implies possibility’, they differ in their views about what is ‘conceivable’, and therefore, what is possible. I explore the implications that these two views have for the Abhorrent Acts Objection to the Divine Command Ethics. I argue that the objection is successful only if we adopt Hume’s account of the imagination but fails if we adopt Shepherd’s account.