James Bonar

This is Volume III in a series of twelve in a collection on Ethics. Originally published in 1930. The rise, progress, and decline of a theory of moral philosophy which prevailed in this country for the greater part of the eighteenth century. Founded by Shaftesbury, and built up by Hutcheson, it derived our moral perceptions from a special Moral Sense, interpreted on the analogy of the Five Bodily Senses. The book attempts an account of those two leaders, and of their principal followers and critics. The followers include the doubtful supporter David Hume; the critics Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.

First Published in 1966. Of the three English writers whose work has become a portion of all Political Economy, Malthus is- the second in time and in honour. His services to general theory are at least equal to Ricardo's; and his full illustration of one particular detail will rank with the best work of Adam Smith. In the following pages the detail will be the main subject, and general theory the episode. The Political Economy and minor writings of Malthus (which are not few) will be noticed only in relation to the Essay on Population.

First Published in 1966. A book which deals with the thought and theories of leading men 17th and 18th century England, on the subjects of population and vital statistics. Beginning with Raleigh, Bacon and Hobbes, it passes to Harrington, Graunt and Halley. Then after Derham and Sussmilch, it treats the disputes of Hume and Wallace, Price and Arthur Young over Ancient and Modern Populousness.