Disguised vices [electronic resource] : theories of virtue in early modern French thought / Michael Moriarty.

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Moriarty, Michael, 1956-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191728808 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

179.9 23

LOC classification:

BJ1521

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Oxford scholarship online

Also issued in print format.Summary: The notions of virtue and vice are vital components of the Western ethical tradition. But in early modern France they were called into question, as writers such as La Rochefoucauld argued that what appears as virtue is in fact disguised vice. This book analyses the logic of such claims, and explores what is at stake in them.

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The notions of virtue and vice are vital components of the Western ethical tradition. But in early modern France they were called into question, as writers such as La Rochefoucauld argued that what appears as virtue is in fact disguised vice. This book analyses the logic of such claims, and explores what is at stake in them.

Also issued in print format.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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