Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Knud Haakonssen
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 227,Width 151
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521498029
ClassificationsDewey:171.2
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 23 February 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

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