Diderot, Denis,  1713-1784 <br/><br/>
Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppl%C3%A9ment_au_voyage_de_Bougainville https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppl%C3%A9ment_au_Voyage_de_Bougainville  Release date is 2004-09-01 
<br/><br/>Jugement du Voyage de Bougainville -- Les adieux du vieillard -- L'entretien de l'Aumonier et d'Orou -- Suite du dialogue entre A. et B. 
<br/><br/>Produced by Claude Decoret and Laurent de Guillou  Produced by Claude Decoret and Laurent de Guillou 
<br/><br/> "Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville" by Denis Diderot is a philosophical tale written in 1772. Through a dialogue between two characters discussing Bougainville's recently published voyage account, Diderot presents a fictional supplement that challenges European moral assumptions. The work features a Tahitian elder's powerful farewell speech condemning European colonizers and a provocative conversation between a chaplain and his indigenous host about conflicting moral codes. This philosophical meditation questions whether universal moral principles exist or if morality is culturally constructed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Philosophy Sexual ethics Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811. Voyage autour du monde 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B  HQ