Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria, with A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy

by Francis Hutcheson

Hardcover, 2007

Collection

Publication

Liberty Fund (2007), Edition: Tra, 632 pages

Description

Often described as the father of the Scottish Enlightenment, Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was born in the north of Ireland to an Ulster-Scottish Presbyterian family. Organised into three 'books' that were divided between two volumes, A System of Moral Philosophy was his most comprehensive work. It synthesised ideas that he had formulated as a minister and as the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (1729-46). Published posthumously by his son in 1755, prefaced by an account of his life, it is the only treatise by Hutcheson for which a manuscript is known to have survived. Asserting that individual natural rights derive from an innate understanding of moral behaviour, Hutcheson offers a model that mediates between individual interests and communal ideals. Containing Book 1 and part of Book 2, Volume 1 describes the role and perception of 'perfect' and 'imperfect' natural rights.… (more)

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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

632 p.; 6.3 inches

ISBN

0865974527 / 9780865974524
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