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The science of modern virtue : on Descartes, Darwin, and Locke / edited by Peter Augustine Lawler and Marc D. Guerra.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Lawler, Peter Augustine, editor.
Guerra, Marc D., 1967- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Descartes, René, 1596-1650--Influence.
Descartes, René.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
Darwin, Charles.
Locke, John, 1632-1704--Influence.
Locke, John.
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Virtue.
Physical Description:
xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Locke, Darwin, and the Science of Modern Virtue / Peter Augustine Lawler Lawler, Peter Augustine 3
Chapter 2 The Virtue of Science and the Science of Virtue: Descartes' Overcoming of Socrates / Thomas Hibbs Hibbs, Thomas 24
Chapter 3 Notes on "The Virtue of Science and the Science of Virtue" / Daniel P. Maher Maher, Daniel P. 46
Chapter 4 More Cartesian than Descartes: Reflections on Spinoza in the Spirit of Tocqueville / Samuel Goldman Goldman, Samuel 57
Chapter 5 Locke's Explanation of How the Science of Civil Society Corrects the Natural Authority of Virtue / James R. Stoner, Jr. Stoner, James R., Jr. 81
Chapter 6 The Problem of Human Equality in Locke's Political Philosophy / Sara M. Henary Henary, Sara M. 92
Chapter 7 Locke, Darwin, and the Social Individualism of Virtue / Lauren K. Hall Hall, Lauren K. 128
Chapter 8 Descartes, Locke, and the Virtue of the Individual / Marc D. Guerra Guerra, Marc D. 143
Chapter 9 Science, Virtue, and the Birth of Modernity; Or, On the Techno-Theo-Logic of Modern Neuroscience / Jeffrey P. Bishop Bishop, Jeffrey P. 160
Chapter 10 The Mutual Sacrifice of Science and Virtue / Ralph Hancock Hancock, Ralph 183
Chapter 11 The Scientific Life as a Moral Life? Virtue and the Cartesian Scientist / Tobin L. Craig Craig, Tobin L. 188
Chapter 12 The Darwinian Science of Aristotelian Virtue / Larry Arnhart Arnhart, Larry 208
Chapter 13 Logon Didonai: The Case of the Darwinian Conservative / Paul Seaton Seaton, Paul 282.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
0875804756
9780875804750
OCLC:
847833652
Publisher Number:
99957507785

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