Natural law and moral philosophy : from Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment /
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| Author / Creator: | Haakonssen, Knud, 1947- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge Univerity Press, 1996. |
| Description: | x, 386 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2337312 |
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
- Bibliography