European Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, Modern Philosophy - 17th & 18th Century
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Overview
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.Editorials
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Confronts moral praxis and social conscience in terms of Vichian models of rhetoric and prudence without employing modern or postmodern perspectives. Arguing that moral imperatives originate from piety, memory and metaphor, the text focuses on the orientational mythos of moral community. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
March 28, 1997
Publisher
New York : Peter Lang, 1996.
Pages
280
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820428987