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    II–T. O’Hagan
    Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 72 (1): 75-75. 1998.
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    Rousseau on Armour-Propre: T. O'Hagan
    Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 72 (1): 75-76. 1998.
    According to familiar accounts, Rousseau held that humans are actuated by two distinct kinds of self love: amour de soi, a benign concern for one's self-preservation and well-being; and amour-propre, a malign concern to stand above other people, delighting in their despite. I argue that although amour-propre can (and often does) assume this malign form, this is not intrinsic to its character. The first and best rank among men that amour-propre directs us to claim for ourselves is that of occupyi…Read more
  • Taking Rousseau Seriously
    History of Political Thought 25 (1): 73-85. 2004.
    The article argues that Rousseau's thought is unified by a non-materialistic, non-deterministic version of naturalism, according to which human beings are intrinsically good and intrinsically free, and at the same time moulded by their natural and social environment. Within that unity the article identifies a deep, creative tension between two competing visions of the best attainable form of human life: on the one hand a vision of a unified, integrated life , in which inner conflicts are at a mi…Read more
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    Rousseau on Armour-Propre: T. O’Hagan
    Supplement to the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 72 (1): 75-76. 1998.
  • Philip Pettit. Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government
    Journal of Applied Philosophy 15 212-215. 1998.