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Rousseau's Critique of Inequality - Reconstructing the Second Discourse (Paperback)
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Rousseau's Critique of Inequality - Reconstructing the Second Discourse (Paperback)
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Rousseau's 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Mankind',
published in 1755, is a vastly influential study of the foundations
of human society, including the economic inequalities it tends to
create. To date, however, there has been little philosophical
analysis of the Discourse in the literature. In this book,
Frederick Neuhouser offers a rich and incisive philosophical
examination of the work. He clarifies Rousseau's arguments as to
why social inequalities are so prevalent in human society and why
they pose fundamental dangers to human well-being, including
unhappiness, loss of freedom, immorality, conflict, and alienation.
He also reconstructs Rousseau's four criteria for assessing when
inequalities are or are not legitimate, and why. His reconstruction
and evaluation of Rousseau's arguments are accessible to both
scholars and advanced students, and will be of interest to a broad
range of readers including philosophers, political theorists,
cultural historians, sociologists, and economists.
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