Locke and Rousseau: Two Enlightenment Responses to Honor (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739147870)

Johnson continues her analysis of the place of honor in modernity with a close examination of honor's treatment by two Enlightenment philosophers: Locke and Rousseau, concluding that Enlightenment thought is inherently problematic when it comes to developing moral obligation. Political scientists, students of philosophy, and communitarians alike will find intriguing questions in this book, which calls on us to recognize the flaws of the Enlightenment liberalism that not only determines how we govern ourselves, but how we think about our family, society, and economy.


Author: Laurie M. Johnson
ISBN-10: 0739147870
ISBN-13: 9780739147870
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2012
Pages: 214
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2012