Philosophy, Rights and Natural Law
Essays in Honour of Knud Haakonssen
Ian Hunter editor Richard Whatmore editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:28th Feb '19
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Over his long and illustrious career, Knud Haakonssen has explored the role of natural law in formulating doctrines of obligation and rights in accordance with the interests of early modern polities and churches. The essays collected in this volume range across this exciting and contested field. These 13 new essays acknowledge Haakonssen's immense academic achievement and give us new insights into the cultural and political role of law and rights in a variety of historical contexts and circumstances.
No-one has done more than Knud Haakonssen to facilitate and lead the study of Protestant Natural Law in early modern Europe, and to explain its significance for moral and political philosophy. This volume repays that achievement with an excellent set of essays on the subject. A combination of outstanding contributors, well-chosen topics, and broad geographical coverage ensures that the volume is not only an apt tribute to Haakonssen, but will be an essential reference-point for future development of the field. * John Robertson, Professor Emeritus of the History of Political Thought, University of Cambridge *
ISBN: 9781474449229
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384 pages