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This collection reconstructs Thomas Reid's philosophy of practical ethics from his lecture manuscripts and papers dating from his tenure as professor of moral philosophy in Glasgow from 1764.

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Contents; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; BY KNUD HAAKONSSEN; 1. REID'S REPUTATION; 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF REID'S MORAL THOUGHT; 3. THE COHERENCE OF REID'S MORAL THOUGHT; 4. REID'S MANUSCRIPTS AND THE EDITOR'S COMMENTARY; 5. INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS; 6. DIAGRAMS OF REID'S SYSTEM; Thomas Reid; Lectures and Papers on; Practical Ethics; I. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE; II. DUTIES TO GOD; III. DUTIES TO OURSELVES: PRUDENCE, TEMPERANCE, FORTITUDE; IV. DUTIES TO OTHERS: JUSTICE; V. DUTIES TO OTHERS: INDIVIDUALS IN PRIVATE JURISPRUDENCE; VI. DUTIES TO OTHERS: INDIVIDUALS IN OECONOMICAL; JURISPRUDENCE; VII. DUTIES TO OTHERS: INDIVIDUALS IN POLITICAL JURISPRUDENCE; VIII. DUTIES TO OTHERS: STATES; IX. SUPPLEMENT TO DUTIES TO OURSELVES; X. NATURAL LAW AND NATURAL RIGHTS; XI. PROPERTY; XII. SUCCESSION; XIII. ON DISSOLUTION OF OBLIGATIONS AND ON INTERPRETATION; XIV. OECONOMICAL JURISPRUDENCE; XV. SOCIAL CONTRACT AS IMPLIED CONTRACT; XVI. POLITICAL JURISPRUDENCE; XVII. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES; Commentary; BY KNUD HAAKONSSEN; TEXTUAL NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Thomas Reid on Practical Ethics

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 6 July 2007
      ISBN-13 9780748617098
      978-0748617098
      ISBN-10 0748617094
      Also in:
      Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This collection reconstructs Thomas Reid's philosophy of practical ethics from his lecture manuscripts and papers dating from his tenure as professor of moral philosophy in Glasgow from 1764.

      Table of Contents
      Contents; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; BY KNUD HAAKONSSEN; 1. REID'S REPUTATION; 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF REID'S MORAL THOUGHT; 3. THE COHERENCE OF REID'S MORAL THOUGHT; 4. REID'S MANUSCRIPTS AND THE EDITOR'S COMMENTARY; 5. INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS; 6. DIAGRAMS OF REID'S SYSTEM; Thomas Reid; Lectures and Papers on; Practical Ethics; I. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE; II. DUTIES TO GOD; III. DUTIES TO OURSELVES: PRUDENCE, TEMPERANCE, FORTITUDE; IV. DUTIES TO OTHERS: JUSTICE; V. DUTIES TO OTHERS: INDIVIDUALS IN PRIVATE JURISPRUDENCE; VI. DUTIES TO OTHERS: INDIVIDUALS IN OECONOMICAL; JURISPRUDENCE; VII. DUTIES TO OTHERS: INDIVIDUALS IN POLITICAL JURISPRUDENCE; VIII. DUTIES TO OTHERS: STATES; IX. SUPPLEMENT TO DUTIES TO OURSELVES; X. NATURAL LAW AND NATURAL RIGHTS; XI. PROPERTY; XII. SUCCESSION; XIII. ON DISSOLUTION OF OBLIGATIONS AND ON INTERPRETATION; XIV. OECONOMICAL JURISPRUDENCE; XV. SOCIAL CONTRACT AS IMPLIED CONTRACT; XVI. POLITICAL JURISPRUDENCE; XVII. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES; Commentary; BY KNUD HAAKONSSEN; TEXTUAL NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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