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Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Knud Haakonssen
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 227,Width 151 |
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Category/Genre | Western philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900 Ethics and moral philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521498029
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Classifications | Dewey:171.2 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
23 February 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Reviews'... 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 ' ... 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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