Locke and Rousseau: Two Enlightenment Responses to Honor

by Laurie M. Johnson and Laurie M. Bagby

Book Overview

Johnson continues her analysis of the place of honor in modernity with a close examination of honor's treatment by two Enlightenment philosophers: Locke and Rousseau, concluding that Enlightenment thought is inherently problematic when it comes to developing moral obligation. Political scientists, students of philosophy, and communitarians alike will find intriguing questions in this book, which calls on us to recognize the flaws of the Enlightenment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739190601
• ISBN13: 9780739190609
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"