Supplements and Observations - Gershom Carmichael, Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Writings of Gershom Carmichael [1724]
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Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Writings of Gershom Carmichael, ed. James Moore and Michael Silverthorne (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).
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- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Natural Rights
- Supplements and Observations
- Editorial Note
- Chapter 1: On Moral Philosophy, Or the Science of Natural Jurisprudence
- Chapter 2: On Lasting Happiness and the Divine Law 1
- Chapter 3: On Human Action In the Divine Court 1
- Chapter 4: Laws, Rights, and Justice 1
- Chapter 5: On Natural Law 1
- Chapter 6: On Duty to God 1
- Chapter 7: On Duty to Oneself 1
- Chapter 8: On Duty to Others, Or Sociability 1
- Chapter 9: Natural Rights and Agreements 1
- Chapter 10: On the Right of Property 1
- Chapter 11: Contracts and Quasi Contracts 1
- Chapter 12: Dissolution of Obligations 1
- Chapter 13: The State of Nature 1
- Chapter 14: On the Rights of Husbands and Wives 1
- Chapter 15: On the Rights of Parents and Children 1
- Chapter 16: On the Rights of Masters and Servants 1
- Chapter 17: On the Origin of Civil Society, Or the Original Contract 1
- Chapter 18: On the Constitution of Civil Government 1
- Chapter 19: On the Limits of Sovereign Power and the Right of Resistance 1
- Chapter 20: On Conquest and Patrimonial Kingdoms 1
- Chapter 21: On the Rights of Citizens 1
- Chapter 22: On the Rights of War and Peace 1
- Chapter 23: Appendix: the Rights and Duties of Men and Citizens In Which Concise Ethical Theses Are Succinctly Set Out In the Order Which Seems Most Natural For the Study of Moral Science 1
- Part II: Natural Theology
- Preface: Natural Theology and the Foundations of Morals
- On the Scope of Natural Theology
- Chapter 1: On the Existence of God
- Chapter 2: On the Attributes of God and First, On the Incommunicable Attributes
- Chapter 3: On the Communicable Attributes of God
- Chapter 4: On the Divine Operations, Or Actions Involving External Objects 1
- Part III: Logic
- Editorial Note
- Preface
- A Short Introduction to Logic
- Chapter 1: On Apprehension
- Chapter 2: On Judgment In General, and On Immediate Judgment In Particular
- Chapter 3: On Mediate Judgment Or Discourse
- Chapter 4: On Method, and Logical Practice
- Part IV: Early Writings: Philosophical Theses
- Philosophical Theses, 1699 On Directing the Mind to Lasting Happiness
- Philosophical Theses, 1707 On Natural Law: How Reverence For God Is Signified By Respect For Human Rights
- Part V: Gershom Carmichael’s Account of His Teaching Method
Supplements and Observations
upon The Two Books of Samuel Pufendorf’s
On the Duty of Man and Citizen
according to the Law of Nature composed for the use of students in the Universities
by Gershom Carmichael
Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow
the second edition with additions and amendments
What is true and fitting is the aim of my careful inquiry—Horace
Edinburgh
Printed by John Mosman and Partners, at the expense
of John Paton, Bookseller and are for sale at his Premises
in Parliament Square
1724
To the Most Noble and Illustrious Lord
Whose ample Merits have Deserved So Well of his Country
James
Earl of Hyndford, Viscount Nemphlear,
Lord Carmichael of the same,
Head of the Name and family of Carmichael, &c. &c.
Together with
his First-Born Son and Heir, the Noble Youth,
John
Lord Carmichael
Who gloriously emulates the Virtues
of his Father and Grandfather:
I, Gershom Carmichael,
in gratitude and ready obedience,
Give and dedicate
This my humble service of adding supplements and
observations to
an outstanding work of a most noble author
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