John Locke and the Ethics of Belief
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- Author: Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University, Connecticut
- Date Published: May 2012
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Nicholas Wolterstorff discusses the ethics of belief which Locke developed in Book IV of his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, where Locke finally argued his overarching aim: how we ought to govern our belief, especially on matters of religion and morality. Wolterstorff shows that this concern was instigated by the collapse, in Locke's day, of a once-unified moral and religious tradition in Europe into warring factions. His was thus a culturally and socially engaged epistemology. This view of Locke invites a new interpretation of the origins of modern philosophy. He maintained that instead of following tradition we ought to let 'reason be our guide.' Accordingly, after discussing Hume's powerful attack on Locke's recommended practice, Wolterstorff argues for Locke's originality and emphasizes his contribution to the 'modernity' of post-sixteenth-century philosophy.
Read more- Locke is interpreted, in his epistemology, as responding to the cultural crisis of his day (the fragmentation of tradition)
- Focuses on Locke's account of how we ought to govern opinion
- A new view of the origins of modern philosophy
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- Date Published: May 2012
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781139241021
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. RATIONALITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
2. HUME'S ATTACK: WHY IMPLEMENTING LOCKE'S PRACTICE IS NOT ALWAYS DOING ONE'S BEST
3. LOCKE'S ORIGINALITY
4: LOCKE AND THE MAKING OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
Index.
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