Science and Moral Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23184385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger L Emerson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Pages | 11-36 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Studies in the Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment (Oxford Studies in the History of Philosophy, Vol 1) (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198249665.003.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4388254546 |
| ISBN | 9780198249665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Any educated Scot at the end of the seventeenth century would have come to a consideration of moral philosophy from a prior understanding of his duties as they were taught by the ministers of the Kirk. As a child, he would have learned from The shorter catechism, Answer 41, that “The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments”, which the Lord spoke to Moses from burning Mount Sinai, where He also wrote them on two stone tablets.
Catechism · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Moral philosophy · Mount · Political science · Scottish Enlightenment · Sociology · Socratic method · Ten Commandments · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Engineering · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2021 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |