by Richard Cumberland · Liberty Fund · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9780865974739
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«A Treatise of the Laws of Nature» is Richard Cumberland's moral philosophy treatise, published by Liberty Fund in paperback (1009 pages, in English).
Cumberland wrote this work, originally published in 1672 as «De Legibus Naturae», to answer Hobbes: science does not undermine natural law but demonstrates its content and binding force, and altruism is a natural necessity. The edition recovers John Maxwell's 1727 translation, with his notes and appendices.
It belongs to the «Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics» series. Jon Parkin edits John Maxwell's 1727 translation, with Cumberland's manuscript additions and materials by Barbeyrac (1744) and Towers (1750).
For readers of philosophy and history of thought interested in modern ethics, natural law, and the debate with Hobbes.
