Locke and Rousseau : two Enlightenment responses to honor / Laurie M. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Laurie M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honor.

Enlightenment.

Locke, John, 1632-1704.

Locke, John.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Johnson continues her analysis of the place of honor in modernity with a close examination of honor's treatment by two Enlightenment philosophers: Locke and Rousseau, concluding that Enlightenment thought is inherently problematic when it comes to developing moral obligation. Political scientists, students of philosophy, and communitarians alike will find intriguing questions in this book, which calls on us to recognize the flaws of the Enlightenment liberalism that not only determines how we govern ourselves, but how we think about our family, society, and economy.</s

Contents:

Honor from Hobbes to Locke

Honor and education

On women, family, and equality

The source of and solution to religious conflict

Liberalism's economic man

Rousseau's lament for honor

Emile and Sophie: modern honor?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34674-6

1-280-65969-6

9786613636621

0-7391-4789-7

OCLC:

796214747