Book contents
- Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress
- Series page
- Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Introduction to the Morality of a Slaveholder
- 1 History, Progress, and Politics
- 2 Progress in Natural and Moral Sciences
- 3 Progress and the Wise Man’s Virtue
- 4 The Perfectible Rights of Men
- 5 Progressive Politics
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Perfectible Rights of Men
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2013
- Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress
- Series page
- Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Introduction to the Morality of a Slaveholder
- 1 History, Progress, and Politics
- 2 Progress in Natural and Moral Sciences
- 3 Progress and the Wise Man’s Virtue
- 4 The Perfectible Rights of Men
- 5 Progressive Politics
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- Thomas Jefferson's Ethics and the Politics of Human ProgressThe Morality of a Slaveholder, pp. 109 - 138Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013