Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Writing of Gershom Carmichael (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)
James Moore & Michael Silverthorne (Edited by); Knud Haakonssen (General Editor); James Moore (Foreword by); Michael Silverthorne (Translated from Latin by)
Language: English
Published by Liberty Fund, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 2002
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405 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Synopsis: Gershom Carmichael was a teacher and writer who played an important role in the Scottish enlightenment of the eighteenth century. His philosophy focused on the natural rights of individuals the natural right to defend oneself, to own the property on which one has labored, and to services contracted for with others. Carmichael argued that slavery is incompatible with the rights of men and citizens, and he believed that subjects have the right to resist rulers who exceed the limits of their powers.Although he appealed to the authority of Grotius and Locke, the grounds on which he defended natural rights were distinctively his own. He drew upon the Reformed or Presbyterian theology to propose that, in respecting the natural rights of individuals, one shows one's reverence for God's creation. Inasmuch as all of mankind longs for lasting happiness, which can be found only in worship of or reverence for God, such reverence is the natural law which obliges all to respect the rights of all.…
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- Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Writing of Gershom Carmichael (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)
- Author
- James Moore & Michael Silverthorne (Edited by); Knud Haakonssen (General Editor); James Moore (Foreword by); Michael Silverthorne (Translated from Latin by)
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
- Publication year
- 2002
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- Like New
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0865973202
- ISBN 13
- 9780865973206
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- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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- Academic, Scholarly, Research, English & British Studies, Literature, History, European Literature, Culture, History & Studies
Gershom Carmichael (1672–1729) was the first professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow, preceding Hutcheson, Smith, and Reid. His philosophy focused on the natural rights of individuals―the natural right to defend oneself, to own the property on which one has labored, and to services contracted for with others. Although he appealed to the authority of Grotius and Locke, the grounds on which he defended natural rights were distinctively his own. Natural Rights is the first modern edition and translation of his published works.
James Moore is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal.
Michael Silverthorne is Honorary University Fellow in the School of Classics at the University of Exeter.
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Michael Silverthorne is Honorary University Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Exeter. He is co-editor with Lisa Jardine of Francis Bacon: The New Organon (2000).
Michael Silverthorne is Honorary University Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Exeter. He is co-editor with Lisa Jardine of Francis Bacon: The New Organon (2000).
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