Two Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)

Half Title Page, p. i......Page 1
Frontispiece, p. iii......Page 3
Title Page, p. v......Page 5
Copyright Page, p. vi......Page 6
Contents, p. vii......Page 7
Introduction, p. ix......Page 9
A Note on the Text, p. xix......Page 19
Abbreviations, p. xxi......Page 21
Original Title Page, p. 1......Page 23
Dedication, p. 3......Page 25
Preface, p. 7......Page 29
Index of Definitions, Axioms, and Observations, p. 13......Page 35
The Elements of Universal Jurisprudence by Samuel Pufendorf: Book I, p. 17......Page 39
Definition I: By Human Actions are Meant the Voluntary Actions of a Man in Communal Life Regarded under the Imputation of their Effects., p. 19......Page 41
Definition II: By the object of moral actions is meant all that with which they deal., p. 24......Page 46
Definition III: Status is a suppositive moral entity in which positive moral objects, and, above all, persons, are said to be., p. 26......Page 48
Definition IV: A moral person is a person considered under that status which he has in communal life., p. 39......Page 61
Definition V: A moral thing is a thing regarded in respect of its pertinence to persons., p. 43......Page 65
Definition VI: A title is a moral attribute by which distinctions are marked among persons in communal life according to their esteem and status., p. 86......Page 108
Definition VII: Authority is an active moral power by which some person legitimately and with a moral effect is able to perform a voluntary action., p. 87......Page 109
Definition VIII: Right is an active moral power, belonging to a person, to receive something from another as a matter of necessity., p. 91......Page 113
Definition IX: Esteem is the value of persons in communal life in accordance with which they are fit to be placed upon an equality with other persons, or to be compared with them, and to be rated either above or below them., p. 94......Page 116
Definition X: Worth is the moral quantity or value of merchandise or things, and of actions that are good for man in communal life, in accordance with which they are fit to be compared one with another., p. 98......Page 120
Definition XI: Principles of human action are those things from which it springs and upon which it depends, and by which a human action is brought to completion., p. 103......Page 125
Definition XII: Obligation is an operative moral quality by which some one is bound to furnish, allow, or endure something., p. 107......Page 129
Definition XIII: A law is a decree by which a superior binds one subject to him to direct his actions according to the command of the superior., p. 202......Page 224
Definition XIV: Authority is an active moral power by which some person legitimately and with a direct moral effect can perform an action., p. 229......Page 251
Definition XV: The affections of a voluntary action are the modes through which it is denominated or defined in a certain manner., p. 233......Page 255
Definition XVI: A good action is one which agrees with law; a bad action is one which disagrees with the same., p. 235......Page 257
Definition XVII: A just action is one which of free moral choice is rightly directed to that person to whom it is owed., p. 239......Page 261
Definition XVIII: The quantity of moral actions is the estimative measure by which they are said to be of a certain degree., p. 247......Page 269
Definition XIX: By the effect of a moral action is meant that which is produced by it., p. 266......Page 288
Definition XX: Merit is an estimative moral quality resulting to a man from an action which he is not bound to perform, in accordance with which there is owed him an equivalent good on the part of the one in whose favour that action was undertaken., p. 267......Page 289
Definition XXI: Demerit is an estimative moral quality resulting to a man from a bad action through which he is under obligation to make amends for the injury done to a second person thereby., p. 269......Page 291
The Elements of Universal Jurisprudence by Samuel Pufendorf: Book II, p. 281......Page 303
Axiom I: Any action whatsoever that may be directed according to a moral norm, which is within a man’s power to do or not to do, may be imputed to him. And, on the contrary: That which neither in itself nor in its cause was within a man’s power may not be imputed to him, p. 283......Page 305
Axiom II: Any person whatsoever can effectively, or with the obligation to perform them, enjoin on someone subject to himself those things to which his authority over the other extends itself., p. 295......Page 317
Observation I: A man can judge properly of things apprehended by the power of his intellect., p. 298......Page 320
Observation II: From an internal principle a man can move himself to undertake or to leave undone a certain action., p. 306......Page 328
Observation III: A man is destined by nature to lead a social life with men., p. 315......Page 337
Observation IV: Right reason dictates that a man should care for himself in such a way that human society be not thrown into disorder., p. 323......Page 345
Observation V: The law of nature alone is not directly sufficient to preserve the social life of man, but it is necessary that sovereignties be established in particular societies., p. 367......Page 389
Bibliography of Works Cited in the Introduction and Notes, p. 399......Page 421
Index, p. 407......Page 429
Colophon, p. 426......Page 448