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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450817603321

Autore

Delaney James

Titolo

Rousseau and the ethics of virtue [[electronic resource] /] / James Delaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2006

ISBN

1-281-29508-6

9786611295080

1-84714-416-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in philosophy

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Virtue - History

Ethics, Modern - 18th century

Enlightenment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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