Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion

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essays on the principles of morality and natural religion natural law and enlightenment classics Knud Haakonssen General Editor uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu natural law and enlightenment classics Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion Corrected and Improved, in a Third Edition. Several Essays Added Concerning the Proof of a Deity Henry Home, Lord Kames Edited and with an Introduction by Mary Catherine Moran Major Works of Henry Home, Lord Kames liberty fund Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. Introduction, annotations 䉷 2005 Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America c 5 4 3 2 p Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696–1782. Essays on the principles of morality and natural religion: several essays added concerning the proof of a deity / Henry Home, Lord Kames; edited and with an introduction by Mary Catherine Moran. 3rd ed., corrected and improved. p. cm. (Natural law and enlightenment classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-86597-448-9 (alk. paper)—isbn 0-86597-449-7 (pbk: alk. paper) 1. Ethics. I. Moran, Mary Catherine. II. Title. III. Series. bj1005.k2 2005 170—dc22 2004061555 liberty fund, inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 Frontispiece and cover (Portrait of Henry Home, Lord Kames by David Martin) reproduced with permission of the National Galleries of Scotland. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 ...