Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment

Klappentext This book explores natural law theories in the early Enlightenment from Grotius to Kant. Zusammenfassung This study of natural law theories in Germany and France in the early Enlightenment spans Grotius to Kant! giving insights into eighteenth-century natural jurisprudence. Ambitious in range and conceptually sophisticated! it will be of great interest to scholars in history! political thought! law and philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction: natural law and its history in the early Enlightenment; 2. Socialitas and the history of natural law: Pufendorf's defence of De Jure Naturae et Gentium; 3. Voluntarism and moral epistemology: a comparison of Leibniz and Pufendorf; 4. Christian Thomasius and the development of Pufendorf's natural jurisprudence; 5. Natural law theory and its historiography in the era of Christian Wolff; 6. Conclusion: the end of the 'history of morality' in Germany; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: T. J. Hochstrasser, T. J. (London School of Economics an Hochstrasser, T. J. Jtim J. J. Hochstrasser
• Assisted by: Quentin Skinner (Editor), James Tully (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2000
• EAN: 9780521661935
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66193-5
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law