Rousseau and the ethics of virtue:
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Main Author: Delaney, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Continuum ©2006
Series:Continuum studies in philosophy
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Virtue Ethics Past and Present; 2 Virtue and the State of Nature; 3 Virtue as the Cultivation of the Individual; 4 The Virtuous Citizen and Rousseau's Political Philosophy; 5 Toward a Rousseauian Theory of Virtue; Bibliography; Index
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is an enigmatic figure in many ways. There is much debate about whether he was an advocate of the Enlightenment project or a critic of it. Sometimes Rousseau seems to be arguing against traditional values and hierarchies. But elsewhere he seems to be an enemy of progress altogether. This book explains Rousseau's true place in the Enlightenment by paying particular attention to his account of virtue. Virtue ethics is one of the main branches in moral philosophy, and its most famous advocate is Aristotle. Many recent philosophers have tried to revive virtue ethics, most not
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (162 pages)
ISBN:9781847144164
1847144160

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