The Science of Modern Virtue : : On Descartes, Darwin, and Locke /

The Science of Modern Virtue : : On Descartes, Darwin, and Locke / / ed. by Marc Guerra, Peter Lawler.

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The Science of Modern Virtue examines the influence that the philosopher Rene Descartes, the political theorist John Locke, and the biologist Charles Darwin have had on our modern understanding of human beings and human virtue. Written by leading thinkers from a variety of fields, the volume is a st...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Arnhart, Larry,
Bishop, Jeffrey P.,
Craig, Tobin L.,
Goldman, Samuel,
Guerra, Marc D.,
Hall, Lauren K.,
Hancock, Ralph,
Henary, Sara M.,
Hibbs, Thomas,
Lawler, Peter Augustine,
Maher, Daniel P.,
Seaton, Paul,
Stoner, James R.,
HerausgeberIn:
Guerra, Marc,
Lawler, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2013
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (340 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE. Modern Science on Who We Are as Free and/or Relational Beings
  • 1. LOCKE, DARWIN, AND THE SCIENCE OF MODERN VIRTUE
  • 2. THE VIRTUE OF SCIENCE AND THE SCIENCE OF VIRTUE. DESCARTES' OVERCOMING OF SOCRATES
  • 3. NOTES ON "THE VIRTUE OF SCIENCE AND THE SCIENCE OF VIRTUE"
  • 4. MORE CARTESIAN THAN DESCARTES. REFLECTIONS ON SPINOZA IN THE SPIRIT OF TOCOUEVILLE
  • 5. LOCKE'S EXPLANATION OF HOW THE SCIENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY CORRECTS THE NATURAL AUTHORITY OF VIRTUE
  • 6. THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN EQUALITY IN LOCKE'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
  • 7. LOCKE, DARWIN, AND THE SOCIAL INDIVIDUALISM OF VIRTUE
  • 8. DESCARTES, LOCKE, AND THE VIRTUE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
  • 9. SCIENCE, VIRTUE, AND THE BIRTH OF MODERNITY OR, ON THE TECHNO-THEO-LOGIC OF MODERN NEUROSCIENCE
  • 10. THE MUTUAL SACRIFICE OF SCIENCE AND VIRTUE
  • 11. THE SCIENTIFIC LIFE AS A MORAL LIFE? VIRTUE AND THE CARTESIAN SCIENTIST
  • 12. THE DARWINIAN SCIENCE OF ARISTOTELIAN VIRTUE
  • 13. LOGON DIDONAI THE CASE OF THE DARWINIAN CONSERVATIVE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

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