The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature |
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| Author:
| PUFENDORF, Samuel |
| Series title: | Natural Law Cloth Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-86597-374-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Publisher: | Liberty Fund, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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This new scholarly edition of Samuel Pufendorf's seminal The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature is among the first to suggest a purely conventional basis for natural law. Pufendorf wrote this work to make his insights accessible to a wide range of readers, especially university students, who were struggling with issues of church and state. Although indebted to Hobbes and Grotius, the work outlines a new understanding of ethics and politics, one suited to states that were...
More DescriptionThis new scholarly edition of Samuel Pufendorf's seminal The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature is among the first to suggest a purely conventional basis for natural law. Pufendorf wrote this work to make his insights accessible to a wide range of readers, especially university students, who were struggling with issues of church and state. Although indebted to Hobbes and Grotius, the work outlines a new understanding of ethics and politics, one suited to states that were emerging from the aftermath of religious civil war.