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Mandeville's Fable : Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability /
"Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopherBernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism....
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Conventions -- Introduction -- A Pride-Centred Theory of Sociability -- Satire and Philosophy -- 'Private Vices, Publick Benefits' and the Origins of Sociability -- A Brief Roadmap -- Part I. Moral Psychology -- 1. Pride and Human Nature -- The Place of Pride in Mandeville's Psychology -- Pride, Fear, and Self-Preservation -- Self-love and self-liking -- Pride and Shame -- Criticisms of Mandeville's Psychology -- Objections to Psychological Egoism -- Pride vs. Praiseworthy Motives -- Conclusion -- 2. The Morality of Pride -- The Vice of Pride | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Definitional Complexities -- The Morality of self-liking -- The Problem of Sincerity -- An Augustinian view of Pride? -- A Satire upon Morality? -- Is Pride Really that Bad? -- Pride vs. a Well-Regulated Desire for Esteem -- Conclusion -- 3. Sociability, Hypocrisy, and Virtue -- Enter Shaftesbury -- Shaftesbury on Sociability, Virtue, and Beauty -- A Digression on the 'Pulchrum & Honestum' -- Virtue, Self-Denial, and Hypocrisy -- Why 'A Vast Inlet to Hypocrisy'? -- Social Utility and 'Counterfeited' Virtue -- Sociability and Hypocrisy -- The use and Abuse of Hypocrisy | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Hypocrisy and the Origin of Virtue -- Should Hypocrisy be Unmasked? -- Conclusion -- Part II. Historical Narratives -- 4. The Desire of Dominion and Origin of Society -- Mandeville's Origin Stories -- The Role of Human Contrivance (1714-23) -- Mandeville's Historical Turn -- Sociability and the steps Towards Society -- On 'The Sociableness of Man' -- Mandeville vs. Templeon the Savage Family -- The first two Steps -- The Third Step and the Origin of Language -- Addendum on whether Cleomenes and Horatio Switch Roles -- Conclusion -- A theory of Social Evolution? -- A theory of Political Authority? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 5. Honour, Religion, and War -- The Origins of Virtue and Honour, Revisited -- Virtue and Honour -- Modern Honour -- The Origin of Honour -- Christian Virtue -- The Passions of War -- Duelling, Honour, and Politeness -- Love of Country and Religious Enthusiasm -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Pride in the Economic Sphere -- Was Mandeville Right? -- Bibliography -- Index | |
| 520 | |a "Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopherBernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism. In this book, Robin Douglass looks beyond the notoriety of Mandeville's great work to reclaim its status as one of the most incisive philosophical studies of human nature and the origin of society in the Enlightenment era. Focusing on Mandeville's moral, social, and political ideas, Douglass offers a revelatory account of why we should take Mandeville seriously as a philosopher.Douglass expertly reconstructs Mandeville's theory of how self-centred individuals, who care for their reputation and social standing above all else, could live peacefully together in large societies. Pride and shame are the principal motives of human behaviour, on this account, with a large dose of hypocrisy and self-deception lying behind our moral practices. In his analysis, Douglass attends closely to the changes between different editions of the Fable; considers Mandeville's arguments in light of objections and rival accounts from other eighteenth-century philosophers, including Shaftesbury, Hume, and Smith; and draws on more recent findings from social psychology.With this detailed and original reassessment of Mandeville's philosophy, Douglass shows how The Fable of the Bees-by shining a light on the dark side of human nature-has the power to unsettle readers even today"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 520 | |a "Bernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism. In this book, Robin Douglass looks beyond the notoriety of Mandeville's great work to reclaim its status as one of the most incisive philosophical studies of human nature and the origin of society in the Enlightenment era. Focusing on Mandeville's moral, social, and political ideas, Douglass offers a revelatory account of why we should take Mandeville seriously as a philosopher. Douglass expertly reconstructs Mandeville's theory of how self-centred individuals, who care for their reputation and social standing above all else, could live peacefully together in large societies. Pride and shame are the principal motives of human behaviour, on this account, with a large dose of hypocrisy and self-deception lying behind our moral practices. In his analysis, Douglass attends closely to the changes between different editions of the Fable; considers Mandeville's arguments in light of objections and rival accounts from other eighteenth-century philosophers, including Shaftesbury, Hume, and Smith; and draws on more recent findings from social psychology. With this detailed and original reassessment of Mandeville's philosophy, Douglass shows how The Fable of the Bees-by shining a light on the dark side of human nature-has the power to unsettle readers even today"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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