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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960568403321
• Autore: Reid Thomas <1710-1796.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 9786611252229; 9780191795251; 0191795259; 9781281252227; 1281252220; 9780748630806; 0748630805
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Collana: Edinburgh edition of Thomas Reid
• Altri autori (Persone): HaakonssenKnud <1947->
• Disciplina: 170
• Soggetti: Applied ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-361) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Reid's Reputation; 2. The Development of Reid's Moral Thought; 3. The Coherence of Reid's Moral Thought; 4. Reid's Manuscripts and the Editor's Commentary; 5. Index of Manuscripts; 6. Diagrams of Reid's System; Thomas Reid Lectures and Papers on Practical Ethics; I. Introductory Lecture; II. Duties to God; III. Duties to Ourselves; IV. Duties to Others: Justice; V. Duties to Others: Individuals in Private Jurisprudence; VI. Duties to Others: Individuals in Oeconomical Jurisprudence; VII. Duties to Others: Individuals in Political JurisprudenceVIII. Duties to Others: States; IX. Supplement to Duties to Ourselves; X. Natural Law and Natural Rights; XI. Property; XII. Succession; XIII. On Dissolution of Obligations and on Interpretation; XIV. Oeconomical Jurisprudence; XV. Social Contract as Implied Contract; XVI. Political Jurisprudence; XVII. Rights and Duties of States; Commentary; TEXTUAL NOTES; Bibliography; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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