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John Locke and the Ethics of Belief

By Nicholas Wolterstorff

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521551188, 9780521559096, 9780521551182, 052155909X
LCC
B1298.R4 W65 1996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5550223 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought
Pages
268\268
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book discusses the ethics of belief that Locke developed in the last book of his Essay: how we ought to govern our opinions, especially on matters of religion and morality. Wolterstorff shows that this concern was instigated by the collapse of a once-unified moral and religious tradition in Europe into warring factions. After presenting 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.

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