The whole duty of man, according to the law of nature

Author(s)

• Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
• Tooke, Andrew
• Hunter, Ian
• Saunders, David
• Barbeyrac, Jean

Bibliographic Information

The whole duty of man, according to the law of nature

Samuel Pufendorf ; translated by Andrew Tooke, 1691 ; edited and with an introduction by Ian Hunter and David Saunders ; two discourses and a commentary by Jean Barbeyrac ; translated by David Saunders

（Natural law and Enlightenment classics）

Liberty Fund, c2003

• : hdk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new scholarly edition of Samuel Pufendorf's seminal The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature is among the first to suggest a purely conventional basis for natural law. Pufendorf wrote this work to make his insights accessible to a wide range of readers, especially university students, who were struggling with issues of church and state. Although indebted to Hobbes and Grotius, the work outlines a new understanding of ethics and politics, one suited to states that were emerging from the aftermath of religious civil war.

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• NCID: BA60520603
• ISBN:
  • 0865973741
  • 086597375X
• LCCN: 2002023042
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Indianapolis, Ind.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 381 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K457.P8
  • DC21 : 340/.112
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Natural law
  • LCSH : Ethics
  • LCSH : State, The
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA55306728