Natural Law and the Theory of Property: Grotius to Hume (Clarendon Paperbacks) [Paperback]

Stephen Buckle (Author)

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Publication Date: October 21, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0198240945 | ISBN-13: 978-0198240945

In this book, Stephen Buckle provides a historical perspective on the political philosophies of Locke and Hume, arguing that there are continuities in the development of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century political theory which have often gone unrecognized. He begins with a detailed exposition of Grotius's and Pufendorf's modern natural law theory, focusing on their accounts of the nature of natural law, human sociability, the development of forms of property, and the question of slavery. He then shows that Locke's political theory takes up and develops these basic themes of natural law. Buckle argues further that, rather than being a departure from this tradition, the moral sense theory of Hutcheson and Hume represents an attempt--which is not entirely successful--to underpin the natural law theory with an adequate moral psychology.

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"The argument is well worth the close attention it demands"--Political Studies

"A beautifully written and extremely well researched book which offers a delightfully counter-intuitive, if not entirely persuasive, thesis. Moral, political and legal philosophers alike will find much here to enlighten them." --The Cambridge Law Journal

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Stephen Buckle is at University of Sydney.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 21, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198240945
• ISBN-13: 978-0198240945
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Intelligence, March 23, 2002

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This review is from: Natural Law and the Theory of Property: Grotius to Hume (Clarendon Paperbacks) (Paperback)

I have personally met Stephen Buckle. He is currently my Philosophy lecturer at Australian Catholic University. The combination of reading this book as well as attending his stimulating classes has given me insight into Pure Intelligence. Which is what Stephen has. Pure. Intelligence. A lovely man too, very worldly and a pleasure to know.