LEADER 03431nam 2200649 450 001 9910456380303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8426-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442684263 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002107 035 $a(EBL)4672316 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000381916 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12084662 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381916 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392388 035 $a(PQKB)11712255 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00222095 035 $a(CaPaEBR)424268 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3261238 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672316 035 $a(DE-B1597)464062 035 $a(OCoLC)944177196 035 $a(OCoLC)999354655 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442684263 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672316 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257988 035 $a(OCoLC)958579867 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002107 100 $a20160923h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDavid Hume's political theory $elaw, commerce, and the constitution of government /$fNeil McArthur 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4426-3144-9 311 $a0-8020-9335-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Hume's Indissoluble Chain -- $t2. Barbarous Government and the Perils of Discretion -- $t3. General Laws and Civilized Government -- $t4. Luxury and the Ancient States -- $t5. The Case of Britain -- $t6. Hume's Precautionary Conservatism -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDavid Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his treatises on problems of epistemology, skepticism, and causation. A less familiar side of his intellectual output is his work on legal and political theory. David Hume's Political Theory brings together Hume's diverse writings on law and government, collected and examined with a view to revealing the philosopher's coherent and persuasive theory of politics.Through close textual analysis, Neil McArthur suggests that the key to Hume's political theory lies in its distinction between barbarous and civilized government. Throughout the study, the author explores Hume's argument that a society's progress from barbarism to civilization depends on the legal and political system by which it is governed. Ultimately, McArthur demonstrates that the skepticism apparent in much of Hume's work does not necessarily tie him to a strict conservative ideology; rather, Hume's political theory is seen to emphasize many liberal virtues as well.Based on a new conception of Hume's political philosophy, this is a groundbreaking work and a welcome addition to the existing literature. 606 $aPolitical science 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science. 676 $a320/.01 700 $aMcArthur$b Neil$f1972-$0991593 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456380303321 996 $aDavid Hume's political theory$92269392 997 $aUNINA