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Rousseau's Critique of Inequality - Reconstructing the Second Discourse (Hardcover): Frederick Neuhouser

Rousseau's Critique of Inequality - Reconstructing the Second Discourse (Hardcover)

Frederick Neuhouser

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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 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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2014
First published: June 2014
Authors: Frederick Neuhouser
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-06474-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN: 1-107-06474-0
Barcode: 9781107064744

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