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Berkeley Revisited - moral, social and political philosophy (English, French, Paperback)
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Berkeley Revisited - moral, social and political philosophy (English, French, Paperback)
Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2015:09
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Since the publication of Paul J. Olscamp's The Moral philosophy of
George Berkeley (1970), research has focused on Berkeley's theory
of immaterialism as the defining element of his thinking. New
readings of his work gathered in this volume position immaterialism
as a component of a much broader, overarching apologetic project,
which is highly pragmatic in nature. Through close examinations of
Berkeley's writings on key political, economic, social, moral and
ethical debates, leading experts demonstrate that his writings are
not simply theoretical but also bound to a practical concern with
the well-being of humanity. The volume opens with nuanced analyses
of Berkeley's utilitarianism, which contributors position more
precisely as a theological utilitarianism, a facet of natural law
and a theory with a distinctly pragmatic basis. This doctrine is
reconsidered in the context of Berkeley's moral philosophy, with
contributors highlighting the implications of free will for the
evaluation of personal (or divine) responsibility for one's
actions. Berkeley's concept of desire is reconfigured as a virtue,
when channelled towards the common good of society. Contributors
close by reassessing Berkeley's political and economic thought and
uncover its practical dimension, where individualism is sacrificed
for the greater, national interest. The George Berkeley to emerge
from this book is a philosopher deeply concerned with the
political, economic and social problems of his time, and whose
writings proposed practical and not simply theoretical solutions to
the challenges facing Britain in the eighteenth century.
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