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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Forbes Duncan, Duncan Forbes
• Edition: External catalogues UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521319973
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31997-3
• Thème: Cambridge Paperback Library
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Général, dictionnaires; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History