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Thomas Jefferson's ethics and the politics of human progress : the morality of a slaveholder /
Could Jefferson claim any consistency in his advocacy of democracy and the rights of man while remaining one of the largest slaveholders in Virginia? This extensive study of Jefferson's intellectual outlook suggests that, once we fully acknowledge the premises of his ethical thought and his now...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies on the American South.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Could Jefferson claim any consistency in his advocacy of democracy and the rights of man while remaining one of the largest slaveholders in Virginia? This extensive study of Jefferson's intellectual outlook suggests that, once we fully acknowledge the premises of his ethical thought and his now outdated scientific views, he could. Jefferson famously thought the human mind to be 'susceptible of much improvement ... most of all, in matters of government and religion'. Ari Helo's thorough analysis of Jefferson's understanding of Christian morality, atheism, contemporary theories of moral sentiments, ancient virtue ethics, natural rights, and the principles of justice and benevolence suggests that Jefferson refused to be a philosopher, and did so for moral reasons. This book finds Jefferson profoundly political in his understanding of individual moral responsibility and human progress. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107417397 1107417392 9781139629348 1139629344 9781107421257 110742125X 9781107420007 1107420008 1107425301 9781107425309 1107423058 9781107423053 |