Natural Law and Moral Philosophy
From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment
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- Author: Knud Haakonssen, University Of Erfurt
- Date Published: May 1996
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521496865
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This major contribution to the history of philosophy provides the most comprehensive guide to modern natural law theory available, sets out the full background to liberal ideas of rights and contractarianism, and offers an extensive study of the Scottish Enlightenment. The time span covered is considerable: from the natural law theories of Grotius and Suarez in the early seventeenth century to the American Revolution and the beginnings of utilitarianism. After a detailed survey of modern natural law theory, the book focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment and its European and American connections. Knud Haakonssen explains the relationship between natural law and civic humanist republicanism, and he shows the relevance of these ideas for the understanding of David Hume and Adam Smith. The result is a completely revised background to modern ideas of liberalism and communitarianism.
Read more- Major contribution to the history of philosophy and political thought
- Genuine interdisciplinary interest for philosophy, political science and law
- Author is one of the foremost historians of philosophy
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'… an interesting and important set of historical studies, written clearly and straightforwardly, resting on massive scholarship, and arguing for some challenging theses about matters that are still of lively theoretical interest.' J. B. Schneewind, The Johns Hopkins University
See more reviews' … What makes the volume much more than a collection of articles, however, is the trouble the author has taken to ensure that the argument moves forward from chapter to chapter. This, in turn, is supported by an informed sense of the argument's relation to other interpretations of Scottish philosophy, as well as by an unusual grasp of the considerable amount of relevant scholarship published in German.' British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies
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- Date Published: May 1996
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521496865
- length: 400 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 159 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.743kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: the Scottish Enlightenment in the history of ideas
1. Natural law in the seventeenth century
2. Natural law and moral realism: the civic-humanist synthesis in Francis Hutcheson and George Turnbull
3. Between superstition and enthusiasm: David Hume's theory of justice, government and politics
4. Adam Smith out of context: his theory of rights in Prussian perspective
5. John Millar and the science of a legislator
6. Thomas Reid's moral and political philosophy
7. Dugald Stewart and the science of a legislator
8. The science of a legislator in James Mackintosh's moral philosophy
9. James Mill and Scottish moral philosophy
10. From natural law to the rights of man
a European perspective on American debates
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