Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion

by Henry Home

Book Overview

The Essays is commonly considered Kames's most important philosophical work. In the first part, he sets forth the principles and foundations of morality and justice, attacking Hume's moral skepticism and addressing the controversial issue of the freedom of human will. In the second part, Kames focuses on questions of metaphysics and epistemology to offer a natural theology in which the authority of the external senses is an important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865974497
• ISBN13: 9780865974494
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5