Thomas Reid on practical ethics :: lectures and papers on natural religion, self-government, natural jurisprudence and the law of nations /

The pervasiveness of Protestant natural law in the early modern period and its significance in the Scottish Enlightenment have long been recognised. This book reveals that Thomas Reid (1710-1796) - the great contemporary of David Hume and Adam Smith - also worked in this tradition. When Reid succeed...

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1. Verfasser: Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796
Weitere Verfasser: Haakonssen, Knud, 1947-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796. Works. 1996.
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Zusammenfassung:The pervasiveness of Protestant natural law in the early modern period and its significance in the Scottish Enlightenment have long been recognised. This book reveals that Thomas Reid (1710-1796) - the great contemporary of David Hume and Adam Smith - also worked in this tradition. When Reid succeeded Adam Smith as professor of moral philosophy in Glasgow in 1764, he taught a course covering pneumatology, practical ethics, and politics. This section on practical ethics took its starting point from the system of natural law and rights published by Francis Hutcheson. Knud Haakonssen has reconstr.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (lxxxix, 404 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-361) and index.
ISBN:0748630805
9780748630806
0191795259
9780191795251
1281252220
9781281252227
9786611252229
6611252223

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