TY  - BOOK
AU  - Casson,Douglas
TI  - Liberating judgment: fanatics, skeptics, and John Locke's politics of probability 
SN  - 9781400836888
AV  - JC153.L87 C38 2011eb
U1  - 320.01 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Locke, John,
KW  - Political science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Judgment (Logic)
KW  - Jugement (Logique)
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Political
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The Great Recoinage -- I.U nsettling judgment: knowledge, belief, and the crisis of authority -- II. A bandoning judgment: montaignian skeptics and Cartesian fanatics -- III. R eworking reasonableness: the authoritative testimony of nature -- IV. Forming judgment: the transformation of knowledge and belief -- V. Liberating judgment: freedom, happiness, and the reasonable self -- VI. Enacting judgment: dismantling the divine certainty of Sir Robert Filmer
N2  - Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, Liberating Judgment offers a unique account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government. The book argues that the work of John Locke instills a civic judgment that avoids the excesses of corrosive skepticism and dogmatic fanaticism, which lead to either political acquiescence or irresolvable conflict
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