Rousseau and the ethics of virtue / James Delaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delaney, James.

Series:

Continuum studies in philosophy.

Continuum studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtue--History.

Virtue.

Ethics, Modern--18th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Enlightenment.

Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics--English.

Aristotle.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Ethics.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786611295080

9781281295088

1281295086

9781847144164

1847144160

OCLC:

427510761