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Tables of Contents for Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xvii
I. Natural Rights
From Supplements and Observations upon 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
Editorial Note
7
2
On Moral Philosophy, or the Science of Natural Jurisprudence
9
12
On Lasting Happiness and the Divine Law
21
9
On Human Action in the Divine Court
30
9
Law, Rights, and Justice
39
7
On Natural Law
46
8
On Duty to God
54
5
On Duty to Oneself
59
14
On Duty to Others, or Sociability
73
4
Natural Rights and Agreements
77
14
On the Right of Property
91
15
Contracts and Quasi Contracts
106
12
Dissolution of Obligations
118
6
The State of Nature
124
4
On the Rights of Husbands and Wives
128
6
On the Rights of Parents and Children
134
4
On the Rights of Masters and Servants
138
8
On the Origin of Civil Society, or the Original Contract
146
11
On the Constitution of Civil Government
157
5
On the Limits of Sovereign Power and the Right of Resistance
162
13
On Conquest and Patrimonial Kingdoms
175
13
On the Rights of Citizens
188
11
On the Rights of War and Peace
199
12
Appendix: The Rights and Duties of Men and Citizens
211
23
II. Natural Theology
Synopsis of Natural Theology (Edinburgh, 1729)
Contents
223
4
Preface: Natural Theology and the Foundations of Morals
227
6
On the Scope of Natural Theology
233
1
On the Existence of God
234
14
On the Attributes of God and First, on the Incommunicable Attributes
248
9
On the Communicable Attributes of God
257
13
On the Divine Operations, or Actions Involving External Objects
270
23
III. Logic
A Short Introduction to Logic
Editorial Note
287
2
Preface
289
3
A Short Introduction to Logic
292
1
On Apprehension
293
5
On Judgment in General, and on Immediate Judgment in Particular
298
6
On Mediate Judgment or Discourse
304
5
On Method, and Logical Practice
309
16
IV. Early Writings: Philosophical Theses
Philosophical Theses, 1699
325
32
Philosophical Theses, 1707
357
22
V. Gershom Carmichael's Account of His Teaching Method
379
10
Bibliography
389
8
Index
397
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