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1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"In this ground-breaking book, Steven Forde argues that John Locke's devotion to modern science deeply shaped his moral and political philosophy. Beginning with an account of the classical approach to natural and moral philosophy, and of the medieval scholasticism that took these forward into early modernity, Forde explores why the modern scientific project of Francis Bacon, Pierre Gassendi, Robert Boyle and others required the rejection of the classical approach. Locke fully subscribed to this rejection, and took it upon himself to provide a foundation for a compatible morality and politics. Forde shows that Locke's theory of moral "mixed modes" owes much to Pufendorf, and is tailored to accommodate science. The theory requires a divine legislator, which in turn makes natural law the foundation of morality, rather than individual natural right. Forde shows the ways that Locke's approach modified his individualism, and colored his philosophy of property, politics, and education"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Science and morality; Aristotle and the Aristotelian tradition; Medieval Aristotelians, Scholastic and anti-Scholastic: Aquinas and Ockham; The modern revolt: Francis Bacon; Pierre Gassendi, Robert Boyle, and the post-Baconian project -- 2. Locke's moral epistemology; Qualities and substances; There is no such thing as snow; Moral ideas as "mixed modes"; Probability and certainty; Pufendorf on "moral modes" and voluntarism; Locke and moral "demonstration"; Consciousness and moral motivation; Postscript: Locke and Kant -- 3. The paradoxes of Locke's moral and political teachingThe Two Treatises of Government; Property and charity; The natural law background; The "new natural law"; Property, charity, and the Lockean common good; Justice and charity; Equality versus rationality? -- 4. Conclusion: Some Thoughts Concerning Education and Lockean happiness; Fundamental principles in Some Thoughts Concerning Education; The moral lessons of Some Thoughts Concerning Education; Varieties of civility; Lockean civility; Lockean happiness; Epilogue: Locke and Benjamin Franklin; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
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Locke, John, 1632-1704. |
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Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Science -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Natural law.
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Natural law. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Forde, Steven, 1954- Locke, science and politics. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107041141 (DLC) 2013023224 (OCoLC)858549500 |
| ISBN |
9781107732117 (electronic book) |
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1107732115 (electronic book) |
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9781139644587 (electronic book) |
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1139644580 (electronic book) |
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9781107041141 |
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1107041147 |
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