The Science of Right in Leibniz's Moral and Political Philosophy

By:

Christopher Johns

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Series:

Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy

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Studies of Gottfried Leibniz’s moral and political philosophy typically focus on metaphysical perfection, happiness, or love. In this new reading of Leibniz, Christopher Johns shows that it is based on a ‘science of right’. Based on the deontic concepts of jus (right) and obligation, this science of right is established in Leibniz’s early writings on jurisprudence and depended on throughout several of his major late writings. Johns shows that the moral rightness of an action is grounded in the rights and obligations derived from the agent’s capacity for freedom. This new interpretation of Leibniz's moral philosophy compares Leibniz’s positions with Grotius, Pufendorf, Hobbes, Locke, and Kant. Providing a comprehensive examination of Leibniz’s most important writings on natural right, John’s argues that Leibniz, properly understood, provides a compelling account of the grounds of morality and of political institutions—an account relevant to present philosophical debates.

Author Biography:

Christopher Johns is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Release date NZ

August 15th, 2013

Author

Christopher Johns

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

208

Series

Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy

Dimensions

156x234x20

ISBN-13

9781780936734

Product ID

21025618

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