Hume's Philosophical Politics

Klappentext This is a study of Hume's political thought based on a survey of all his writings. Zusammenfassung This is a study of Hume's political thought based on a survey of all his writings and is presented in its historical context as an innovative! 'philosophical'! empirically based system of politics for a radical post-revolutionary age! and a political education for parochial! backward-looking party men. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory preface; Abbreviations; Part I. The Foundations of Politics: 1. The experimental method in morals: the natural law forerunners; 2. A modern theory of Natural Law; 3. Political obligation for 'moderate men'; 4. Social experience and the uniformity of human nature; Part II. Philosophical Politics: 5. Scientific and vulgar Whiggism; 6. Applied philosophy, genuine and false: Hume and the Court and Country parties in 1741-1742; 7. The primacy of political institutions; Part III. Philosophical History: 8. The History of England: philosophical history as establishment history; 9. The limits of philosophical history; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Forbes Duncan, Duncan Forbes
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521319973
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31997-3
• Series: Cambridge Paperback Library
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries