Natural law and the theory of property : Grotius to Hume / Stephen Buckle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckle, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law--History.

Natural law.

Property--History.

Property.

Ethics--History.

Ethics.

Natural law--Psychological aspects--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Grotius to Hume

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1991.

Summary:

Buckle provides a historical perspective on the political philosophies of Locke and Hume, arguing that there are continuities in the development of 17th- and 18th-century political theory which have often gone unrecognized.

Contents:

I. Hugo Grotius. 1. Hume's footnote

2. Natural law and history

3. Mare liberum : the law of nature and the history of property

4. The foundation of natural law

5. Property : development and limits

II. Samuel Pufendorf. 1. Moral science and the elements of law

2. The law of nature

3. Varieties of natural states

4. The natural necessity of property

5. Necessity, slavery, and industry

III. John Locke. 1. The foundation of natural law

2. The characteristics of natural law

3. Property : its origins and development

IV. Francis Hutcheson. 1. Moral science and moral sense

2. Moral sense and moral sensibilia

3. Natural law and varieties of rights

4. Property and political constitution

V. David Hume. 1. The problem of reconciliation

2. The Newtonian

3. The sceptic

4. The division of the virtues : Hume's intentions

5. Moral beauty, motives, and obligations

6. Justice as an artificial virtue

7. Hume's footnote

Appendix. The psychology of moral action : from Locke's Essay to Hutcheson's Inquiry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-80932-9

9786610809325

OCLC:

1027197918