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A SYSTEM OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
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| By: |
Francis Hutcheson |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108060293 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108060295 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
30 November, 2012 |
| Edition: |
3 Paperbacks |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection -Philosophy |
| Pages: |
390 |
| Description: |
Published posthumously in 1755, these volumes offer the most comprehensive account of the moral and political philosophy of Francis Hutcheson. |
| Synopsis: |
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 the concluding chapters of Book 2 and Book 3, Volume 2 explores the role of familial and political governance in relation to communal happiness. |
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3 |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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