{"product_id":"9781614871842","title":"Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Writings of Gershom Carmichael","description":"\u003cbr\u003eAn important figure in the natural law tradition and in the Scottish Enlightenment, Gershom Carmichael defended a strong theory of rights and drew attention to Grotius, Pufendorf, and Locke.Gershom Carmichael was a teacher and writer who played an important role in the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. His philosophy focused on the natural rights of individuals—the natural right to defend oneself, to own the property on which one \u003cb\u003ehas labored, and to services contracted for with others. Carmichael argued that slavery is incompatible with the rights of men and citizens, and he believed that subjects have the right to resist rulers who exceed the limits of their powers.Although he appealed to the authority of Grotius and Locke, the grounds on which he defended natural rights were distinctively his own. He drew upon the Reformed or Presbyterian theology to propose that, in respecting the natural rights of individuals, one shows one’s reverence for God’s creation. Inasmuch as all of mankind longs for lasting happiness, which can be found only in worship of or reverence for God, such reverence is the natural law which obliges all to respect the rights of all.\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e includes \u003cem\u003eSupplements and Observations on Pufendorf\u003c\/em\u003e (1724), \u003cem\u003eNatural Theology\u003c\/em\u003e (1729), \u003cem\u003eLogic\u003c\/em\u003e (1722), two theses, and a manuscript on teaching, all in English for the first time.\u003cstrong\u003eGershom Carmichael\u003c\/strong\u003e (1672–1729) was the first professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow, preceding Hutcheson, Smith,\u003cbr\u003eand Reid. \u003cstrong\u003eJames Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Science at Concordia\u003cbr\u003eUniversity in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Silverthorne\u003c\/strong\u003e is\u003cbr\u003eHonorary University Fellow in the\u003cbr\u003eSchool of Classics at the University of\u003cbr\u003eExeter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnud Haakonssen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History and Director of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179600036080,"sku":"9781614871842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614871842_p0.jpg?v=1763849362","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614871842","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}