Abstract
Shaftesbury believed that the height of virtue was impartial love for all of humanity. But Shaftesbury also harboured grave doubts about our ability to develop such an expansive love. In The Moralists, Shaftesbury addressed this problem. I show that while it may appear on the surface that The Moralists solves the difficulty, it in fact remains unresolved. Shaftesbury may not have been able to reconcile his view of the content of virtue with his view of our motivational psychology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1117-1135 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | British Journal for the History of Philosophy |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 22 Jun 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- love of humanity
- Moralists
- Shaftesbury
- virtue
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