Rousseau and the Domestication of Virtue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6237715 |
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| Authors | Peter C Emberley (Carleton University, corresponding author), Peter Emberley |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 731-754 |
| Publication date | 1984-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900052562 |
| OpenAlex | W2105042116 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Rousseau had usually been interpreted as desiring the re-emergence of pre-modern virtue. His writings contain many appeals to this supreme virtue of courage and honour. At the same time, however, Rousseau embraces many of the principles of modern philosophical thought, thus rendering a return to classical virtue problematic. The author proposes that his commitment to modern principles entails a substantial reformulation of virtue such that it becomes expressed as those qualities displayed in the social world of labour and love. This new account alters the character of human association by fundamentally altering the ancient distinction between public and private. The new social sphere which develops through this alteration is, however, subject to some difficulties
Courage · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Honour · Political science · Politics · Social contract · Sociology · Theology · Virtue · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Highly cited | No |
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