Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment : The Writings of Gershom Carmichael

Gershom Carmichael, The Writings of Gershom Carmichael (2002)......Page 1
Front Matter......Page 0
Title Page......Page 3
Table of Contents, pp. v-vii......Page 5
Foreword, pp. ix-xvi......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Part I. Natural Rights (from Observations upon Samuel Pufendorf (1724))......Page 19
Title Page, p. 3......Page 21
Editorial Note, p. 7......Page 25
Chap. 1. On Moral , or the Science of Natural Jurisprudence, p. 9......Page 27
Chap. 2. On Lasting Happiness and the Divine Law, p. 21......Page 39
Chap. 3. On Human Action in the Divine Court, p. 30......Page 48
Chap. 4. Law, Rights, and Justice, p. 39......Page 57
Chap. 5. On Natural Law, p. 46......Page 64
Chap. 6. On Duty to God, p. 54......Page 72
Chap. 7. On Duty to Oneself, p. 59......Page 77
Chap. 8. On Duty to Others, or Sociability, p. 73......Page 91
Chap. 9. Natural Rights and Agreements, p. 77......Page 95
Chap. 10. On the Right of Property, p. 91......Page 109
Chap. 11. Contracts and Quasi Contracts, p. 106......Page 124
Chap. 12. Dissolution of Obligations, p. 118......Page 136
Chap. 13. The State of Nature, p. 124......Page 142
Chap. 14. On the Rights of Husbands and Wives, p. 128......Page 146
Chap. 15. On the Rights of Parents and Children, p. 134......Page 152
Chap. 16. On the Rights of Masters and Servants, p. 138......Page 156
Chap. 17. On the Origin of Civil Society, or the Original Contract, p. 146......Page 164
Chap. 18. On the Constitution of Civil Government, p. 157......Page 175
Chap. 19. On the Limits of Sovereign Power and the Right of Resistance, p. 162......Page 180
Chap. 20. On Conquest and Patrimonial Kingdoms, p. 175......Page 193
Chap. 21. On the Rights of Citizens, p. 188......Page 206
Chap. 22. On the Rights of War and Peace, p. 199......Page 217
Chap. 23. Appendix: The Rights and Duties of Men and Citizens, p. 211......Page 229
Part II. Synopsis of Natural Theology (1729), p. 219......Page 237
Title Page, p. 221......Page 239
Table of Contents, p. 223......Page 241
Preface: Natural Theology and the Foundations of Morals, p. 227......Page 245
On the Scope of Natural Theology, p. 233......Page 251
Section I. In which it is demonstrated that an independent being exists, p. 234......Page 252
Section II. In which it is shown that the independent being is a spirit..., p. 235......Page 253
Section III. In which it is shown that the physicla world cannot subsist without an immaterial principle, p. 237......Page 255
Section IV. In which it is proved that the physical world could not have been preserved forever..., p. 239......Page 257
Section V. In which is shown from the structure of the physical world that it is the work of an intelligent and purposefully operating cause, p. 240......Page 258
Section VI. In which the existence of an immaterial and essentially thinking principle is confirmend from the thinking to be found in man..., p. 242......Page 260
Section VII. In which remarkable events are adduced in support of the same conclusion, p. 244......Page 262
Section VIII. In which universal human consent is adduced to the same end, with some other consideration, p. 245......Page 263
Section IX. On the arguments for proving the existence of God made by the celebrated Descartes, p. 246......Page 264
Section I. On the attributes of God in general, and their division, p. 248......Page 266
Section II. On the necessary existence of God, p. 249......Page 267
Section III. On the divine unity, p. 250......Page 268
Section IV. On the divine simplicity, p. 251......Page 269
Section VI. On the divine eternity, p. 252......Page 270
Section VII. On the divine immensity, p. 253......Page 271
Section VIII. On the divine omnisufficiency, p. 254......Page 272
Section IX. On the divine incomprehensibility, p. 255......Page 273
Section XI. On the divine adorability, p. 256......Page 274
Section I. On the communicable attributes of God in general, p. 257......Page 275
Section II. On the divine ideas of things, p. 258......Page 276
Section III. On the divine knowledge, p. 259......Page 277
Section IV. On the divine will, p. 262......Page 280
Section V. On the divine sanctity, p. 266......Page 284
Section VI. On the divine power, p. 267......Page 285
Section VII. On the dominion and majesty of God, p. 268......Page 286
Section VIII. On the divine happiness, p. 269......Page 287
Section II. On the properties of divine operations, p. 270......Page 288
Section III. On divine creation and preservation, p. 271......Page 289
Section IV. On divine government, p. 274......Page 292
Section V. Containing the epilogue of natural theology and the transition to moral philosophy, p. 280......Page 298
Part III. A Short Introduction to Logic (1722), p. 283......Page 301
Title Page, p. 285......Page 303
Editorial Note, p. 287......Page 305
 Preface to the Reader, p. 289......Page 307
A Short Introduction to Logic, p. 292......Page 310
Chap. 1. On Apprehension, p. 293......Page 311
Chap. 2. On Judgment in General, and on Immediate Judgment in Particular, p. 298......Page 316
Chap. 3. On Mediate Judgment or Discourse, p. 304......Page 322
Chap. 4. On Method, and Logical Practice, p. 309......Page 327
Part IV. Early Writings: Philosophical Treatises, p. 319......Page 337
Title Page, 321......Page 339
Philosophical Theses, 1699, p. 325......Page 343
Title Page, p. 353......Page 371
Philosophical Treatises, 1707, p. 357......Page 375
Part V. Gershom Carmichael\'s Account of His Teaching Method, p. 377......Page 395
Bibliography, p. 389......Page 407
Index, p. 397......Page 415
Printing Details and End of Book, p. 406......Page 424