Francis Hutcheson

Target entity: Francis Hutcheson
Context triple: [Adam Smith, influencedBy, Francis Hutcheson]

• A. David Hume
  David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
• B. John Locke
  John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
• C. Montesquieu
  Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
• D. Jeremy Bentham
  Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher and legal reformer best known as the founder of modern utilitarianism, advocating that laws and actions should aim to maximize overall happiness.
• E. James Mill
  James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Francis Hutcheson
Target entity description: Francis Hutcheson was an 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment philosopher and moral theorist whose ideas on moral sense and benevolence significantly shaped later thinkers, including Adam Smith.

• A. David Hume
  David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
• B. John Locke
  John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
• C. Montesquieu
  Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
• D. Jeremy Bentham
  Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher and legal reformer best known as the founder of modern utilitarianism, advocating that laws and actions should aim to maximize overall happiness.
• E. James Mill
  James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
• F. None of above. chosen