Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Rousseau's Conception of Virtue: A threefold Classification of Good Human Beings
Chapter 2: Rousseau and Aristotle: Nature and the Sociability of Human Beings
Chapter 3: Virtue and Moral Education: Similarities Between Aristotle and Rousseau
Chapter 4: Rousseau's Place in Enlightenment Thinking: The Influence on Kant
Chapter 5: Rousseau and the Enlightenment Project: A Response to MacIntyre
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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An original analysis of Rousseau's place in the tradition of virtue ethics running from Aristotle to the present day.

About the Author

James J. Delaney is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University in western New York, USA.