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Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment

Knud Haakonssen

PublishedFeb 23, 1996
LanguageEnglish

This major contribution to the history of philosophy provides the most comprehensive guide to modern natural law theory available; sets out the full background to liberal ideas of rights and contractarianism; and offers an extensive study of the Scottish Enlightenment.