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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Autor principal: Douglass, Robin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mandeville, Bernard, > 1670-1733. > Fable of the bees.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
Sociology > Great Britain > History.
Conduct of life > Early works to 1800.
Conscience > Early works to 1800.
Ethics > Early works to 1800.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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

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