Jean-Jacques Rousseau : : A Friend of Virtue / / Joseph Reisert.
Scholars have long debated the contribution Rousseau has made to political thought. Is he a theorist of radical individualism, a reactionary advocate for authoritarianism, or just a brilliantly paradoxical but ultimately incoherent controversialist? In the first book devoted to discussion of Roussea...
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Reisert, Joseph, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Jean-Jacques Rousseau : A Friend of Virtue / Joseph Reisert. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2003 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1. The Problem of Virtue -- CHAPTER 2. The Political Argument -- CHAPTER 3. The Ethical Argument -- CHAPTER 4. Friendship and Love -- CHAPTER 5. Justice, Happiness, and Virtue -- CHAPTER 6. Emile's Moral Education -- CHAPTER 7. The Author as Tutor -- CHAPTER 8. Rousseauian Virtue and Contemporary Liberalism -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Scholars have long debated the contribution Rousseau has made to political thought. Is he a theorist of radical individualism, a reactionary advocate for authoritarianism, or just a brilliantly paradoxical but ultimately incoherent controversialist? In the first book devoted to discussion of Rousseau's conception of virtue, Joseph R. Reisert argues that Rousseau's work offers a coherent political theory that both complements and challenges key elements of contemporary liberalism.Drawing on his deep familiarity with Rousseau's work, Reisert maintains that Rousseau's primary concern was to discover the psychological foundations of virtue, which he understood as the strength of will needed to respect the rights of others. Reisert reconstructs the model of the human soul that underpins Rousseau's account of virtue, a model he considers superior to the alternatives conceived by Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Kant, and Rawls. Rousseau, the author explains, believed that life in modern societies undermines virtue, but that for individuals to thrive, and for free societies to endure, all would require moral education. Rousseau, who styled himself "a friend of virtue," sought to impart virtue to his readers through the examples of his literary characters Emile and Julie.Reisert finds that Rousseau's thought poses a dilemma for modern politics: democratic governments can do little to cultivate virtue directly, yet liberal society continues to need it. The requisite moral teaching, Reisert concludes, should be provided instead by families, religious organizations, and other civil associations. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Ethics, Modern 18th century. Virtue History 18th century. Europe. History. PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801440960 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729652 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501729652 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501729652/original |
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