Book contents
- Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Relations to God
- Part III Relations to Self
- Chapter 6 Moral Relations to Self and the Significance of Self-Harm
- Chapter 7 Anthropological Optimism, Pessimism, and the Scope of Self-Cultivation
- Part IV Relations to Others
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Anthropological Optimism, Pessimism, and the Scope of Self-Cultivation
from Part III - Relations to Self
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2017
- Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Relations to God
- Part III Relations to Self
- Chapter 6 Moral Relations to Self and the Significance of Self-Harm
- Chapter 7 Anthropological Optimism, Pessimism, and the Scope of Self-Cultivation
- Part IV Relations to Others
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Moral Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century BritainGod, Self, and Other, pp. 158 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017