The Science of Right in Leibniz's Moral and Political Philosophy: The Science of Right

by Christopher Johns

Studies of Gottfried Leibniz's moral and political philosophy typically focus on metaphysical perfection, happiness, or love. In this new reading of Leibniz, Christopher Johns shows that it is based on a 'science of right'.

Based on the deontic concepts of jus (right) and obligation, this science of right is established in Leibniz's early writings on jurisprudence and depended on throughout several of his major late writings. Johns shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780936737
• ISBN13: 9781780936734
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"