Mandeville's Fable: Pride, Hypocrisy, And Sociability
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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Mandeville's Fable: Pride, Hypocrisy, And Sociability ISBN13: 9780691219172 ISBN10: 0691219176 Author: Douglass, Robin (Author) Description: An Analysis Of One Of The Most Scandalous Books Of The Eighteenth Century Makes The Case For Taking Bernard Mandeville Seriously As A Philosopher Bernard Mandeville's The Fable Of The Bees Outraged Its Eighteenth-Century Audience By Proclaiming That Private Vices Lead To Public Prosperity Today The Work Is Best Known As An Early Iteration Of Laissez-Faire Capitalism In This Book, Robin Douglass Looks Beyond The Notoriety Of Mandeville's Great Work To Reclaim Its Status As One Of The Most Incisive Philosophical Studies Of Human Nature And The Origin Of Society In The Enlightenment Era Focusing On Mandeville's Moral, Social, And Political Ideas, Douglass Offers A Revelatory Account Of Why We Should Take Mandeville Seriously As A Philosopher Douglass Expertly Reconstructs Mandeville's Theory Of How Self-Centered Individuals, Who Care For Their Reputation And Social Standing Above All Else, Could Live Peacefully Together In Large Societies Pride And Shame Are The Principal Motives Of Human Behavior, On This Account, With A Large Dose Of Hypocrisy And Self-Deception Lying Behind Our Moral Practices In His Analysis, Douglass Attends Closely To The Changes Between Different Editions Of The Fable; Considers Mandeville's Arguments In Light Of Objections And Rival Accounts From Other Eighteenth-Century Philosophers, Including Shaftesbury, Hume, And Smith; And Draws On More Recent Findings From Social Psychology With This Detailed And Original Reassessment Of Mandeville's Philosophy, Douglass Shows How The Fable Of The Bees--By Shining A Light On The Dark Side Of Human Nature--Has The Power To Unsettle Readers Even Today Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: 2023-05-02 Weight: 0 lbs Dimensions: Number of Pages: 256 Language: English
