CiNii 図書 - Natural law and moral philosophy : from Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment

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.

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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