LEADER 03217nam 22006492 450 001 9910464877903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-42530-1 010 $a1-107-42305-8 010 $a1-107-41739-2 010 $a1-107-42000-8 010 $a1-139-62934-4 010 $a1-107-42125-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000073805 035 $a(EBL)1394591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12432217 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11087223 035 $a(PQKB)10146763 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139629348 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394591 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10812153 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL552425 035 $a(OCoLC)869090691 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000073805 100 $a20121203d2014|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThomas Jefferson's Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress $ethe Morality of Slaveholder /$fAri Helo$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies on the American South 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-68772-1 311 $a1-107-04078-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHistory, progress, and politics -- Progress in natural and moral sciences -- Progress and the wise man's virtue -- The perfectible rights of men -- Progressive politics. 330 $aCould Jefferson claim any consistency in his advocacy of democracy and the rights of man while remaining one of the largest slaveholders in Virginia? This extensive study of Jefferson's intellectual outlook suggests that, once we fully acknowledge the premises of his ethical thought and his now outdated scientific views, he could. Jefferson famously thought the human mind to be 'susceptible of much improvement ... most of all, in matters of government and religion'. Ari Helo's thorough analysis of Jefferson's understanding of Christian morality, atheism, contemporary theories of moral sentiments, ancient virtue ethics, natural rights, and the principles of justice and benevolence suggests that Jefferson refused to be a philosopher, and did so for moral reasons. This book finds Jefferson profoundly political in his understanding of individual moral responsibility and human progress. 410 0$aCambridge studies on the American South. 517 3 $aThomas Jefferson's Ethics & the Politics of Human Progress 606 $aSlavery$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aSlavery$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a973.4/6092 700 $aHelo$b Ari$0480810 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464877903321 996 $aThomas Jefferson's Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress$9255186 997 $aUNINA