Nature and Culture: Ethical Thought in the French Enlightenment
Author:   Lester G. Crocker
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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Pages:   562
Publication Date:   26 January 2020
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Author:   Lester G. Crocker
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781421435787


ISBN 10:   1421435780
Pages:   562
Publication Date:   26 January 2020
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Introduction Chapter 1. Natural Law I. A Brief Historical View II. Natural Law in Eighteenth-Century France III. Variations and Vicissitudes of Natural Law Theory Chapter 2. Moral Sense Theories Chapter 3. Experiential Origins of Moral Values Chapter 4. Corollaries I. Conscience II. Justice and Law III. Reason and Feeling Chapter 5. The Utilitarian Synthesis I. Hedonism II. Social Utilitarianism III. Virtue and Happiness IV. Altruism and Anti-utilitarianism Chapter 6. The Nihilist Dissolution I. The Seeds of Nihilism II. Sade and the fieurs du mal Chapter 7. Ethics and Politics Epilogue Supplementary Bibliography Index

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Lester G. Crocker (1912-2002) was a professor of History at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia. He specialized in French literature and Enlightenment philosophy. He is also the author of An Age of Crisis: Man and World in Eighteenth Century French Thought, Rousseau's Social Contract: An Interpretive Essay, and Diderot's Chaotic Order: Approach and Synthesis.

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