Natural Rights on the Threshold of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Writings of Gershom Carmichael Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
I	Natural Rights
1	On Moral Philosophy, or the Science of Natural Jurisprudence	9
2	On Lasting Happiness and the Divine Law	21
3	On Human Action in the Divine Court	30
4	Law, Rights, and Justice	39
5	On Natural Law	46
6	On Duty to God	54
7	On Duty to Oneself	59
8	On Duty to Others, or Sociability	73
9	Natural Rights and Agreements	77
10	On the Right of Property	91
11	Contracts and Quasi Contracts	106
12	Dissolution of Obligations	118
13	The State of Nature	124
14	On the Rights of Husbands and Wives	128
15	On the Rights of Parents and Children	134
16	On the Rights of Masters and Servants	138
17	On the Origin of Civil Society, or the Original Contract	146
18	On the Constitution of Civil Government	157
19	On the Limits of Sovereign Power and the Right of Resistance	162
20	On Conquest and Patrimonial Kingdoms	175
21	On the Rights of Citizens	188
22	On the Rights of War and Peace	199
23	Appendix: The Rights and Duties of Men and Citizens	211
II	Natural Theology: Synopsis of Natural Theology (Edinburgh, 1729)
	Preface: Natural Theology and the Foundations of Morals	227
	On the Scope of Natural Theology	233
1	On the Existence of God	234
2	On the Attributes of God and First, on the Incommunicable Attributes	248
3	On the Communicable Attributes of God	257
4	On the Divine Operations, or Actions Involving External Objects	270
III	Logic: A Short Introduction to Logic
	A Short Introduction to Logic	292
1	On Apprehension	293
2	On Judgment in General, and on Immediate Judgment in Particular	298
3	On Mediate Judgment or Discourse	304
4	On Method, and Logical Practice	309
IV	Early Writings: Philosophical Theses
1	Philosophical Theses, 1699	325
2	Philosophical Theses, 1707	357
V	Gershom Carmichael's Account of His Teaching Method	379
	Bibliography	389
	Index	397