Mably on Esteem, Republicanism, and the Question of Human Corruption

Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709–1785) takes up the republican commonplace that the desire for esteem is what could motivate the fulfilment of duties of civic virtue. This commonplace, however, has become problematic through the discussion of the problem of human corruption in philosophers such as Blai...

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Main Author: Andreas Blank
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Aperio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f72e36e7ffed4895baf42701a2b16ef9
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