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Moral philosophy in eighteenth-century Britain : God, self, and other / Colin Heydt.

Van Pelt Library BJ602 .H49 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Heydt, Colin, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethics--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Ethics.
Ethics--Great Britain--History--17th century.
History.
Great Britain.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
viii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Contents:
Foundations
Morality not in accordance with virtues but in accordance with duties: the Pufendorfian shift in moral philosophy
The structure of practical ethics: duty and virtue
The structure of practical ethics: duty and right
Relations to God
Duties to God, revelation, and morality's history
Breaking with convention: Hume, Smith, moral philosophy, and the God of natural religion
Relations to self
Moral relations to self and the significance of self-harm
Anthropological optimism, pessimism, and the scope of self-cultivation
Relations to others
Relating to others: natural rights and community
Why not polygamy? Natural law and the family
Political jurisprudence and its limits.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781108421096
1108421091
OCLC:
990971092

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