The Resource Rousseau and the ethics of virtue, James Delaney
Rousseau and the ethics of virtue, James Delaney
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The item Rousseau and the ethics of virtue, James Delaney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (162 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781847144164
- Label
- Rousseau and the ethics of virtue
- Title
- Rousseau and the ethics of virtue
- Statement of responsibility
- James Delaney
- Subject
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- 1700-1799
- Aristotle
- Electronic books
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment
- Ethics
- Ethics, Modern
- Ethics, Modern -- 18th century
- History
- Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
- PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys | Modern
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Ethics
- Virtue
- Virtue -- History
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- CaPaEBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Delaney, James
- Dewey number
- 194
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- B2138.E8
- LC item number
- D45 2006eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Continuum studies in philosophy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aristotle
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Virtue
- Ethics, Modern
- Enlightenment
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- PHILOSOPHY
- Enlightenment
- Ethics
- Ethics, Modern
- Virtue
- Label
- Rousseau and the ethics of virtue, James Delaney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 427510761
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (162 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847144164
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9781847144164
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)427510761
- Label
- Rousseau and the ethics of virtue, James Delaney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 427510761
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (162 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847144164
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9781847144164
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)427510761
Subject
- 1700-1799
- Aristotle
- Electronic books
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment
- Ethics
- Ethics, Modern
- Ethics, Modern -- 18th century
- History
- Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
- PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys | Modern
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Ethics
- Virtue
- Virtue -- History
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