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Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen Book

Jenny Davidson considers the arguments that define hypocrisy as a moral and political virtue in its own right. She shows that these were arguments that thrived in eighteenth-century Britain's culture of politeness. In the debate about the balance between truthfulness and politeness, Davidson argues that eighteenth-century writers from Locke to Austen come down firmly on the side of politeness. These writers argue that the open profession of vice is far more dangerous for society than discrepancies between what people say in public and what they do in private.Read More

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    Jenny Davidson demonstrates how the arguments that define hypocrisy as a moral and political virtue thrived in eighteenth-century Britain's culture of politeness. However, Davidson also concludes that eighteenth-century writers from Locke to Austen believed that the public practice of vice was far more dangerous for society than discrepancies between what people say and do in private.

  • 0521047382
  • 9780521047388
  • Jenny Davidson
  • 12 November 2007
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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