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Jane Austen and the Ethics of Description (Hardcover)
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Jane Austen and the Ethics of Description (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
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Jane Austen and the Ethics of Description demonstrates that
Elizabeth Bennet and her creator are misunderstood, and often
unrecognized, geniuses of moral philosophy, but not simply because
of their virtue or wit or natural skills in game theory. The engine
driving the moral judgement and growth of Austen's protagonists
consists of a particular and not well-understood ability to reason
by description, a skill which we moderns must recover and remaster
in order to negotiate the complexities of contemporary life. The
forms of rational description this book derives from Austen will be
of great interest not only to literary critics and theorists, but
also to philosophers and anyone interested in ethics, the dynamics
of power, and practical reasoning. Written in a clear style, the
book is for those who love Austen and for those who want to
understand how we should reason about our lives, how we should
understand power, social conflict, and our own motives and
prejudices. It is a literary analysis, a philosophical argument,
and a practical guide to ethical thinking.
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