Title :

L'escompte du futur dans le débat Locke — Leibniz.

Author(s) :

Parmentier, Marc [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Journal title :

Studia Leibnitiana

Pages :

pp. 72-91.

Publisher :

Franz Steiner Verlag

Publication date :

2010

ISSN :

0039-3185

Keyword(s) :

Locke : Essai sur l'entendement humain
Leibniz
Nouveaux Essais sur l'entendement humain
escompte du futur

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie

English abstract : [en]

Discounting the future, i. e., depreciating the value of future properties соmpаrеd to present ones, represents the main cause of false judgments in ethics for John Locke and Leibniz. This article aima to analyse Locke's ...
Show more >Discounting the future, i. e., depreciating the value of future properties соmpаrеd to present ones, represents the main cause of false judgments in ethics for John Locke and Leibniz. This article aima to analyse Locke's attempts to outline the mechanіsm of discounting the future in his Essay Concerning Нuman Understanding and Leibniz' efforts to give the phenomenon a mathematical formalization. Locke and Leibniz disagree about its causes and offer different standards of virtue in objecting to i[. According to Locke, virtue aims to do away with all forms of discounting while Leibniz argues that the phenomenon can be rationalised using the techniques for cultivating moral virtue as a means of anticipation.Show less >

Language :

Français

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

Source :

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