Origin of the Distinction of Ranks: Or An Inquiry into the Circumstances Which Give Rise to Influence & Authority in the Different Members of Society

John Millar

ISBN 10: 0865974764 / ISBN 13: 9780865974760

Published by Liberty Fund Inc, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Origin of the Distinction of Ranks: Or An Inquiry into the Circumstances Which Give Rise to Influence & Authority in the Different Members of Society
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865974764
• ISBN 13: 9780865974760
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 800 grams

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Synopsis

The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is one of the major products of the Scottish Enlightenment and a masterpiece of jurisprudence and social theory. Drawing on Adam Smith’s four-stages theory of history and the natural law’s traditional division of domestic duties into those toward servants, children, and women, Millar provides a rich historical analysis of the ways in which progressive economic change transforms the nature of authority.

John Millar (1735–1801) attended Adam Smith’s lectures at the University of Glasgow and later became a distinguished professor of law there.

Aaron Garrett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University.

About the Author

Aaron Garrett is Assistant Professor at Boston University. He has contributed to a number of publications and is the editor of Francis Hutcheson, An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections (2002) and Animal Rights and Souls in the Eighteenth Century (2000).