Thomas Jefferson, Moralist (Paperback)

Much of the scholarship on Thomas Jefferson characterizes him as a consummate immoralist. Yet he had a keen interest in morality and most of his reading-when he was not immersed in politics-was for moral study. Jefferson once told his physician, Vine Utley, that he seldom went to sleep without first reading something morally inspiring. Some Jefferson scholars consider him at best a moral dilettante with incoherent views. Others see him as a Stoic, interested in virtue as measured by intentions and outcomes, who in later life became an Epicurean, weighing pleasure versus ends. Drawing on a careful reading of his writings and an examination of his known readings on morality, this study argues that Jefferson developed early a consistent moral sense-Stoical in essence and focused on his own moral improvement-and maintained it throughout his life.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2017
Authors:	Mark Andrew Holowchak
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-6924-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4766-6924-4
Barcode:	9781476669243

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