A short introduction to moral philosophy, in three books : containing the elements of ethicks and the law of nature / Francis Hutcheson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--Early works to 1800.

Ethics.

Ethics, Modern--18th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Short introduction to moral philosophy, in three books; containing the elements of ethicks and the law of nature

A short introduction to moral philosophy, in three books; containing the elements of ethicks and the law of nature

Place of Publication:

Glasgow, Scotland : University of Glasgow, 1753.

Summary:

The celebrated division of philosophy among the ancients was into the rational or logical, the natural and the moral. Their moral philosophy contained these parts, ethicks taken more strictly, teaching the nature of virtue and regulating the internal dispositions; and the knowledge of the law of nature. This latter contained: 1. the doctrine of private rights, or the laws obtaining in natural liberty; 2. Oeconomicks, or the laws and rights of the several members of a family; and 3. Politicks, shewing the various plans of civil government, and the rights of fates with respect to each other. The following books contain the elements of these several branches of moral philosophy; which if they are carefully studied may give the youth an easier access to the well known and admired works either of the ancients, Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Cicero; or of the moderns, Grotius, Cumberland, Puffendorf, Harrington and others, upon this branch of philosophy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).

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