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020			_a9781139629348 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aE332.2 _b.H46 2014
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100	1		_aHelo, Ari, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThomas Jefferson's Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress : _bThe Morality of a Slaveholder / [electronic resource] _cAri Helo.
246	3		_aThomas Jefferson's Ethics & the Politics of Human Progress
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (298 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Studies on the American South
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520			_aCould Jefferson claim any consistency in his advocacy of democracy and the rights of man while remaining one of the largest slaveholders in Virginia? This extensive study of Jefferson's intellectual outlook suggests that, once we fully acknowledge the premises of his ethical thought and his now outdated scientific views, he could. Jefferson famously thought the human mind to be 'susceptible of much improvement … most of all, in matters of government and religion'. Ari Helo's thorough analysis of Jefferson's understanding of Christian morality, atheism, contemporary theories of moral sentiments, ancient virtue ethics, natural rights, and the principles of justice and benevolence suggests that Jefferson refused to be a philosopher, and did so for moral reasons. This book finds Jefferson profoundly political in his understanding of individual moral responsibility and human progress.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107040786
830		0	_aCambridge Studies on the American South.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139629348 _zCambridge Books Online
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