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Scholarly Writing #7: Regrounding Liberty: Moral Philosophy in Catharine Macaulay’s Later Thought
Having examined in earlier reflections Macaulay’s authority, public image, and the politics of her reputation, this essay argues that her later turn to moral philosophy was not a departure from her historical and political writing, but a crucial attempt to secure its intellectual foundations. Writing in the aftermath of public scandal and the destabilization of