Bøker av Francis Hutcheson

Published posthumously in 1755, this two-volume set offers the most comprehensive account of the moral and political philosophy of Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746), often described as the father of the Scottish Enlightenment. The volumes examine whether and how individual natural rights derive from an innate understanding of moral behaviour.

In this work William Henry Chamberlin offers his perspective as a seasoned journalist on the United States' involvement in World War II. Written only five years after the unconditional surrenders of Germany and Japan, the book is a window into its time. William Henry Chamberlin (1897-1969) was an American journalist best known for his writings on the Cold War, Communism, and U.S. foreign policy.

Francis Hutcheson was one of the great thinkers in the history of British moral philosophy. The two previously inaccessible texts presented here are the most eloquent expressions of his theory of a moral sense. Thomas Mautner's introduction provides a mass of new information on the intellectual context of Hutcheson's work.