Virtue, affection, and the social good
The moral philosophy of Catharine Trotter Cockburn and the Bluestockings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4889921 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Sheridan (0000-0002-3251-3041, University of Guelph, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12478 |
| OpenAlex | W2792350530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper explores the intellectual relationship between three eighteenth century women thinkers: Catharine Trotter Cockburn, and the Bluestockings Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot. All three share a virtue-ethical approach according to which human happiness depends on the harmonization of our essentially rational and sociable natures. The affinity between the Bluestockings and Cockburn, I show, illuminates important new avenues for thinking about the Bluestockings as philosophers in their own right and for thinking about the feminist dimensions of Cockburn's morality. Further, their shared moral outlook sheds interesting light on the burgeoning feminism of the eighteenth century and the contributions of Cockburn and the Bluestockings to a new and growing discourse about women and their social and political role
Affection · Epistemology · Feminism · Happiness · Morality · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Virtue · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |