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- According to Rousseau, conscience and conscience alone can elevate human beings to a level above that of animals. It is conscience, understood as infallible judge of good and bad, which makes man like God. Conscience itself is, in this context, understood as divine, as an ‘immortal and celestial voice’.
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understand conscience as existing between reason and feeling. In Charles Taylor's formulation, Rousseau seeks a "fusion of reason and nature." Conscience is "the voice of nature as it emerges in a being ... endowed with ... reason," where the voice of nature is understood to speak for
Sep 27, 2010 · (For recent discussion of Rousseau on conscience and reason, see Neidleman, 2017, ch. 7.) A theme of both the Discourse on Inequality and the Letter to d’Alembert is the way in which human beings can deceive themselves about their own moral qualities.
Mar 14, 2016 · Rousseau, alongside the epistemic account of conscience presented above, also provides in Emile a motivational account of conscience based on positive feelings: while reason gives us knowledge of the good, it is conscience, through a sentiment of love for the good, which motivates us to behave morally (Rousseau 1762).
Jun 18, 2015 · According to Rousseau, conscience and conscience alone can elevate human beings to a level above that of animals. It is conscience, understood as infallible judge of good and bad, which makes man like God.
- Zdenko Kodelja
- 2015
Here is, also, the crucial conception of the idea of a chronological causal analysis of the shaping of his temperament – to give, as Rousseau says, “by means of facts a kind of historical account” which will make his personality “conceivable.” In these letters to Malesherbes he celebrates his moods when he is alone, his personal reverie:
Feb 13, 2017 · Rousseau's faith in the ability of conscience and sentiment to be secure guides to the best ways of living and his belief that reason and argument are treacherous continue to be troubling to his readers.
Oct 27, 2006 · Political theorists have long disagreed about what Rousseau's account of conscience means. While most approaches to that account focus on the “Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar,” this essay focuses on another aspect of Emile, the development of conscience in Emile himself.
