Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion

by Lord Kames (Henry Home), Mary Catherine Moran (Editor)

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 basis for belief in the Deity.

Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782) was one of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Mary Catherine Moran taught in the Department of History at Columbia University.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614871989
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/14/2005
Series:	Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	462 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

ESSAYS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY

AND NATURAL RELIGION 1

Appendix: Significant Variant Readings 237

Bibliography 265

Index 269