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The Science of a Legislator
No full textCombining the methods of the modern philosopher with those of the historian of ideas, Knud Haakonssen presents an interpretation of the philosophy of law which Adam Smith developed out of - and partly in response to - David Hume's theory of justice. While acknowledging that the influences on Smith were many and various, Dr Haakonssen suggests that the decisive philosophical one was Hume's analysis of justice in A Treatise of Human Nature and the second Enquiry. He therefore begins with a thorough investigation of Hume, from which he goes on to show the philosophical originality of Smith's new form of natural jurisprudence. At the same time, he provides an over all reading of Smith's social and political thought, demonstrating clearly the exact links between the moral theory of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, the Lectures on Jurisprudence, and the sociohistorical theory of The Wealth of Nations. This is the first full analysis of Adam Smith's jurisprudence; it emphasizes its normative and critical function, and relates this to the psychological, sociological, and histroical aspects which hitherto have attracted most attention. Dr Haakonssen is critical of both purely descriptivist and utilitarian interpretations of Smith's moral and political philosophy, and demonstrates the implausibility of regarding Smith's view of history as pseudo-economic or 'materialist'.</jats:p
Philosophy, rights and natural law: essays in honour of Knud Haakonssen Edinburgh scholarship online./ edited by Ian Hunter and Richard Whatmore.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Over his long and illustrious career, Knud Haakonssen has explored the role of natural law in formulating doctrines of obligation and rights in accordance with the interests of early modern polities and churches. The essays collected in this volume range across this exciting and contested field. These 13 new essays acknowledge Haakonssen's immense academic achievement and give us new insights into the cultural and political role of law and rights in a variety of historical contexts and circumstances. --Introduction -- James Moore -- Maria Rosa Antognazza -- Aaron Garrett -- Mads Langballe Jensen -- Kari Saastamoinen -- Simone Zurbuchen -- Ian Hunter -- Frank Grunert -- James A. Harris -- Michael Seidler -- John W. Cairns -- David Lieberman -- Richard Whatmore. Calvinists, Arminians, Socinians : popular sovereignty and natural rights in early modern political thought / Truth and toleration in early modern thought / The history of the history of ethics and emblematic passages / Natural law and natural rights in early Enlightenment Copenhagen / Natural equality and natural law in Locke's Two treatises / Dignity and equality in Pufendorf's natural law theory / Theory and practice in the natural law of Christian Thomasius / The 'iura connata' in the natural law of Christian Wolff / Hume's peculiar definition of justice / Economising natural law : Pufendorf on moral quantities and sumptuary legislation / The legacy of Smith's jurisprudence in the eighteenth-century Edinburgh / Declaring rights : Bentham and the rights of man / Rights after the revolutions /1 online resource (vi, 374 pages
Natural law and moral philosophy : from Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment.
No full textThis major contribution to the history of philosophy provides the most comprehensive guide to modern natural law theory available, sets out the full background to liberal ideas of rights and contractarianism, and offers an extensive study of the Scottish Enlightenment. The time span covered is considerable: from the natural law theories of Grotius and Suarez in the early seventeenth century to the American Revolution and the beginnings of utilitarianism. After a detailed survey of modern natural law theory, the book focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment and its European and American connections. Knud Haakonssen explains the relationship between natural law and civic humanist republicanism, and he shows the relevance of these ideas for the understanding of David Hume and Adam Smith. The result is a completely revised background to modern ideas of liberalism and communitarianism
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The science of a legislator: the natural jurisprudence of David Hume and Adam Smith
No full textCombining the methods of the modern philosopher with those of the historian of ideas, Knud Haakonssen presents an interpretation of the philosophy of law which Adam Smith developed out of - and partly in response to - David Hume's theory of justice. While acknowledging that the influences on Smith were many and various, Dr Haakonssen suggests that the decisive philosophical one was Hume's analysis of justice in A Treatise of Human Nature and the second Enquiry. He therefore begins with a thorough investigation of Hume, from which he goes on to show the philosophical originality of Smith's new form of natural jurisprudence. At the same time, he provides an over all reading of Smith's social and political thought, demonstrating clearly the exact links between the moral theory of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, the Lectures on Jurisprudence, and the sociohistorical theory of The Wealth of Nations. This is the first full analysis of Adam Smith's jurisprudence; it emphasizes its normative and critical function, and relates this to the psychological, sociological, and histroical aspects which hitherto have attracted most attention. Dr Haakonssen is critical of both purely descriptivist and utilitarian interpretations of Smith's moral and political philosophy, and demonstrates the implausibility of regarding Smith's view of history as pseudo-economic or 'materialist'
Philosophy and economics. Some recent books on Hume’s political economy
No full textthe essay proposes a survey of the works on Hume's economics ideas authored by economits and historians of political economy.
La rivista raccoglie i saggi presentati nel corso del convegno internazionali cui hanno partecipato studiosi italiani e stranier
Natural law and moral philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment
No full textThis major contribution to the history of philosophy provides the most comprehensive guide to modern natural law theory available, sets out the full background to liberal ideas of rights and contractarianism, and offers an extensive study of the Scottish Enlightenment. The time span covered is considerable: from the natural law theories of Grotius and Suarez in the early seventeenth century to the American Revolution and the beginnings of utilitarianism. After a detailed survey of modern natural law theory, the book focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment and its European and American connections. Knud Haakonssen explains the relationship between natural law and civic humanist republicanism, and he shows the relevance of these ideas for the understanding of David Hume and Adam Smith. The result is a completely revised background to modern ideas of liberalism and communitarianism
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