124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
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This edited volume is devoted to the history of moral concepts, including shame, contempt, happiness, conscience, cleanliness and 'the brick'.
The chapters in this book are written from the diverse perspectives of the philosopher, theologian, linguist and historian of ideas. However, they are united in the conviction that these concepts are illuminated by being treated historically; or... Read more
Introduction
Edward Skidelsky
1. Hans in Luck or the moral economy of happiness in the modern age
Ute Frevert
2. What moral philosophers can learn from the history of moral concepts
Edward Skidelsky
3. Conscience: what is its history and does it have a future?
John Cottingham
4. What’s wrong with subjective rights?
Nigel Biggar
5. How contempt became a passion
Ross Carroll
6. Shame in early modern thought: from sin to sociability
Hannah Dawson
7. ‘Next to godliness?’ exploring cleanliness in peace and war
Lynda Mugglestone
8. ‘You’re a brick’: colloquialism and the history of moral concepts
Nikhil Krishnan
Biography
Edward Skidelsky is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Exeter, UK.
