Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment

Contents

v contents Foreword ix Acknowledgments xvii I. Natural Rights From Supplements and Observations upon Samuel Pufendorf’s On the Duty of Man and Citizen according to the Law of Nature, composed for the Use of Students in the Universities Editorial Note 7 1. On Moral Philosophy, or the Science of Natural Jurisprudence 9 2. On Lasting Happiness and the Divine Law 21 3. On Human Action in the Divine Court 30 4. Law, Rights, and Justice 39 5. On Natural Law 46 6. On Duty to God 54 7. On Duty to Oneself 59 8. On Duty to Others, or Sociability 73 9. Natural Rights and Agreements 77 10. On the Right of Property 91 11. Contracts and Quasi Contracts 106 vi contents 12. Dissolution of Obligations 118 13. The State of Nature 124 14. On the Rights of Husbands and Wives 128 15. On the Rights of Parents and Children 134 16. On the Rights of Masters and Servants 138 17. On the Origin of Civil Society, or the Original Contract 146 18. On the Constitution of Civil Government 157 19. On the Limits of Sovereign Power and the Right of Resistance 162 20. On Conquest and Patrimonial Kingdoms 175 21. On the Rights of Citizens 188 22. On the Rights of War and Peace 199 23. Appendix: The Rights and Duties of Men and Citizens 211 II. Natural Theology Synopsis of Natural Theology (Edinburgh, 1729) Contents 223 Preface: Natural Theology and the Foundations of Morals 227 On the Scope of Natural Theology 233 1. On the Existence of God 234 2. On the Attributes of God and First, on the Incommunicable Attributes 248 3. On the Communicable Attributes of God 257 4. On the Divine Operations, or Actions Involving External Objects 270 contents vii III. Logic A Short Introduction to Logic Editorial Note 287 Preface 289 A Short Introduction to Logic 292 1. On Apprehension 293 2. On Judgment in General, and on Immediate Judgment in Particular 298 3. On Mediate Judgment or Discourse 304 4. On Method, and Logical Practice 309 IV. Early Writings: Philosophical Theses 1. Philosophical Theses, 1699 325 2. Philosophical Theses, 1707 357 V. Gershom Carmichael’s Account of His Teaching Method 379 Bibliography 389 Index 397 ...