Vico and moral perception
By: David W. Black..
Series: Emory Vico studies -- vol. 5
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Publishing; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Vico, Giambattista, -- 1668-1744 -- Ethics.; Ethics, Modern -- 17th century.; Ethics, Modern -- 18th century.
Description: Vico and Moral Perception maintains that Vico's New Science offers an idiosyncratic theory of ethics that rejects the modernist notion of "principle" but which at the same time promotes an "historical absolutism" that post-modern thought denies. Vico's account of civic metaphor not only responds effectively to questions of moral agency but provides a unique cultural and rhetorical framework for studying the contexts of attention, the entry points of conscience, that anchor moral perception.

In this respect, Vico not only provides a metaphysic of culture but offers singular instruction in the art of wise living.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.