What Can an Egoist Say against an Egoist? On Archibald Campbell's Criticisms of Bernard Mandeville
- Maurer, Christian Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)
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- Journal of Scottish Philosophy. - Edinburgh University Press. - 2014, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 1-18
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Like Bernard Mandeville, Archibald Campbell develops a profoundly egoistic conception of human psychology. However, Campbell attacks numerous points in Mandeville's moral philosophy, in particular Mandeville's treatment of self-love, the desire for esteem, and human nature in general as corrupt. He also criticises Mandeville's corresponding insistence on self-denial and his rigorist conception of luxury. Campbell himself is subsequently attacked by Scottish orthodox Calvinists - not for his egoism, but for his optimism regarding postlapsarian human nature and self-love. This episode demonstrates that the debates on egoism in Mandeville should be seen in the context of the debates on postlapsarian human nature.
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- DOI 10.3366/jsp.2014.0060
- ISSN 1479-6651
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