The Scottish moralists on human nature and society /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Schneider, Louis, 1915- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1967.
Edition:	First Phoenix edition
Series:	Heritage of sociology.
Subjects:	Sociology > Scotland > History. Ethics > Scotland > History. Ethicists > Scotland. Sociologie > Écosse > Histoire. Morale > Écosse > Histoire. Éthiciens > Écosse. Ethicists. Ethics. Sociology. Scotland. Ethiek. Sociologia (Historia) Sociologie > Écosse (GB) > Histoire. Morale > Écosse (GB) > Histoire. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Louis Schneider
On feeling and association / David Hume
Some limitations of reason / David Hume
Of the idea of necessary connection / David Hume
Instinct and the inductive principle / Thomas Reid
Of wonder, or of the effects of novelty / Adam Smith
Sensational anthropology / Francis Hutcheson
Agreement and disagreement among men / Francis Hutcheson
Human uniformity and predictability / David Hume
Of the moral faculty / Dugald Stewart
Self-approbation, self-disapprobation and the man within the breast / Adam Smith
Of the principles of union among mankind ; Of the principles of society in human nature / Adam Ferguson
The desire of society / Dugald Stewart
Bees and men : instinct and the limitations of reason / Thomas Reid
The invisible hand / Adam Smith
Unintended establishments / Adam Ferguson
Government, unintended developments, expediency, innovation / Dugald Stewart
Of the influence of fortune upon the sentiments of mankind, with regard to the merit or demerit of actions / Adam Smith
Of the speculation concerning final causes / Dugald Stewart
Marriage of relatives / David Hume
Relationship and marriage / Francis Hutcheson
Of superstition and enthusiasm / David Hume
Remarks on reform, Puritanism, and liberty / David Hume
How the commerce of the towns contributed to the improvement of the country / Adam Smith
Of the political arts / Adam Ferguson
Of contract or the principle of conventional obligation / Adam Ferguson
Rights and duties / Thomas Reid
Of the origin of ambition and of the distinction of ranks / Adam Smith
The three great orders of society / Adam Smith
Of the populousness of ancient nations / David Hume
A great city considered in physical, moral, and political views / Henry Home, Lord Kames
The development of religious belief / Henry Home, Lord Kames
Examples from ancient and modern history of men living in the brutish state, without arts or civility / James Burnet, Lord Monboddo.