Human nature as the basis of morality and society in early modern philosophy
By: edited by Juhana Lemetti and Eva Piirimäe
Contributors: Suomen Filosofinen Yhdistys
Series: Acta philosophica Fennica -- v. 83
Publisher: Philosophical Society of Finland
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9789519264653
Subjects: Ethics; Social ethics; Modern Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Eva Piirimäe and Juhana Lemetti; title: Thomas Hobbes's many states of nature / Timo Airaksinen; title: The theological positivism of George Berkeley (1707-1708) / Bertil Belfrage; title: Was Berkeley a Utilitarianism / Roomet Jakapi; title: Giambattista Vico's concept of human nature: an attempt at anti-Cartesian alternative and the birth of modern historicism / Leonidas Donskis; title: The "science of man" in the moral and political philosophy of George Turnbull (1698-1748) / Thomas Ahnert; title: Honour and pride in Adam Ferguson's conception of modern patriotism / Iain MacDaniel; title: The vicissitudes of noble national pride: Johann Georg Zimmermann's (1728-1795) theory of patriotism / Eva Piirimäe; title: Adam Smith on sympathy and moral motivation / Margit Sutrop; title: Adam Smith's model of man and why the market programme failed / Manfred J. Holler; title: Adam Smith's concept of social welfare / Matthew Braham.