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Rousseau and the Ethics of Virtue (Hardcover, New)
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Rousseau and the Ethics of Virtue (Hardcover, New)
Series: Continuum Studies in Philosophy
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau is an enigmatic figure in many ways. There is
much debate about whether he was an advocate of the Enlightenment
project or a critic of it. Sometimes Rousseau seems to be arguing
against traditional values and hierarchies. But elsewhere he seems
to be an enemy of progress altogether. This book explains
Rousseau's true place in the Enlightenment by paying particular
attention to his account of virtue. Virtue ethics is one of the
main branches in moral philosophy, and its most famous advocate is
Aristotle. Many recent philosophers have tried to revive virtue
ethics, most notably Alasdair MacIntyre in his 1984 book, After
Virtue. MacIntyre argues that the Enlightenment project was doomed
to fail precisely because Enlightenment philosophers had discarded
Aristotle. They do this by rejecting Aristotle's claim that all
things are, by nature, directed towards some proper end. The
enlightenment figures whom MacIntyre discusses at length in his
critique are Hume, Kant, and Kierkegaard. And while Rousseau is
mentioned as an Enlightenment thinker, very little attention is
paid to him.This book puts Rousseau's ethics into historical
perspective, showing that Rousseau shares important characteristics
with his contemporaries as well as with the tradition of Aristotle.
The dichotomy set up by MacIntyre and others between the ethics of
the ancient tradition and that of the Enlightenment is
oversimplified. By taking a serious look at Rousseau's ethics, we
can see that he forms a bridge between these two rich traditions in
the history of Western philosophy.
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