On the Decline of the Genteel Virtues: From Gentility to Technocracy

by Jeff Mitchell

Book Overview

This innovative book proposes that what we think of as "moral conscience" is essentially the exercise of reflective judgment on the goods and ends arising in interpersonal relations, and that such judgment constitutes a form of taste. Through an historical survey Mitchell shows that the constant pendant to taste was an educational and cultural ideal, namely, that of the gentleman, whether he was an ancient Greek citizen-soldier, Roman magistrate,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030203565
• ISBN13: 9783030203566
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"