Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 17th and 18th Centuries, grade: A-, Bucknell University, language: English, abstract: For thousands of years, a major issue of moral philosophy has been whether morality is based on reason or sentiment. In ancient Greece, some viewed morality as being a matter of feelings while others believed that goodness was a matter of intelligence. Hume discusses each view in his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. However, Hume comes to the conclusion that, morality is determined by sentiment.