Natural Rights Theories: Their Origin and Development - Softcover

Tuck, Richard

 
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Synopsis

The origins of natural rights theories in medieval Europe and their development in the seventeenth century.

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Review

' ... Dr Tuck has provided philosophers with a mine of historical material with which they can enrich their discussions not only of Hobbes and Locke (say) but also of contemporary philosophers such as Nozick. He has also provided historians with an example of a history of ideas which is firmly rooted in documentary evidence.' R. S. Downie, The Times Higher Education Supplement

'In historical range and intellectual suppleness, this is an enormously gifted book.' John Dunn, The London Review of Books

'A book which gives important new information and at the same time stimulates philosophical reflections is clearly a valuable contribution to intellectual history.' D. D. Raphael, The Times Literary Supplement

Book Description

This book shows how political argument in terms of rights and natural rights began in medieval Europe, and how the theory of natural rights was developed in the seventeenth century after a period of neglect in the Renaissance.

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ISBN 10:  0521225124 ISBN 13:  9780521225120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1979
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