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Elusive Thomas Jefferson
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Artikel-Nr:
9781476669250
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0
Gewicht:
418 g
Format:
229x152x15 mm
Beschreibung:
M. Andrew Holowchak is a philosopher and historian who teaches at the University of the Incarnate Word. He has published more than 30 books, eight of which are on Thomas Jefferson, on whom he is one of the world's foremost authorities. He lives in Lynchburg, Virginia. Brian W. Dotts is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, College of Education, University of Georgia in Athens. He has published papers on the history of American education.
Thomas Jefferson's writings on morality have largely been ignored. His thoughts on the subject, never developed in any formal work, are said to be unsystematic--a judgment reinforced by his shift from Stoicism (intentions are critical) to Utilitarianism (consequences are critical) later in life.Yet his writings and the moral works he recommended reveal much about his moral sense and views on good living. Jefferson valued personal moral improvement, had great respect for moral exemplars and drew inspiration from moralists, sermonizers, novelists, poets, historians and such role models as Professor William Small and his friend George Wythe.