Three Dissertations (Classic Reprint): On the Pernicious Effects of Gaming, on Duelling, and on Suicide: On the Pernicious Effects of Gaming, on Duelling, and on Suicide (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Explore how gaming, duelling, and suicide test character, duty, and society in an 18th?century critique.

This edition gathers three focused studies that probe the social and moral consequences of gaming, duelling, and suicide. It examines how personal honor, public duty, and religious reflection intersect in controversial practices, offering a historical lens on courage, justice, and virtue.

- See how concepts like magnanimity and courage are analyzed beyond mere display in duels.
- Learn how the author questions the legitimacy of duelling as punishment or reparation.
- Understand the role of morality, religion, and reason in shaping duty and social conduct.
- Discover how arguments about law, society, and individual responsibility are presented for readers of philosophy and history.

Ideal for readers of moral philosophy, social history, and eighteenth?century debates on virtue and public life.

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