Tocqueville's Moral Psychology and Aristotelian Political Philosophy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36517/Argumentos.28.5

Keywords:

Democracy. Liberalism. Traditions. Rationality. Majority. Habermas.

Abstract

In this article we will analyze Tocqueville's moral psychology, not in terms of the philosophy of history, but in terms of a position that tends to assess constitutional transitions. Our approach seeks to subsume Tocqueville's moral psychology within Aristotelian political philosophy, in order to restore the important connection of the structural aspects with the subjective aspects, to the detriment of rationalist versions that tend to split these spheres.

Author Biography

Francisco Presta de las Casas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC)

Doutor em Filosofía pela Facultad de Filosofía e Humanidades da Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Principais interesses filosóficos: Ética, Epistemologia e Filosofia Política (Democracia, Tocqueville, Descartes).  

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2022-07-01

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No. 28 (2022)

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