Thomas Reid on Practical Ethics

by Thomas Reid

The pervasiveness of Protestant natural law in the early modern period and its significance in the Scottish Enlightenment have long been recognised. This book reveals that Thomas Reid (1710-1796) - the great contemporary of David Hume and Adam Smith - also worked in this tradition. When Reid succeeded Adam Smith as professor of moral philosophy in Glasgow in 1764, he taught a course covering pneumatology, practical ethics, and politics. This section...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748617094
• ISBN13: 9780748617098
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 480 Pages