The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is one of the major products of the Scottish Enlightenment and a masterpiece of jurisprudence and social theory. Drawing on Adam Smith's four-stages theory of history and the natural law's traditional division of domestic duties into those toward servants, children, and women, Millar provides a rich historical analysis of the ways in which progressive economic change transforms the nature of authority.
John Millar (1735-1801) attended Adam Smith's lectures at the University of Glasgow and later became a distinguished professor of law there.
Aaron Garrett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; THE ORIGIN OF THE DISTINCTION OF RANKS -- Or, An Inquiry into the Circumstances Which Give Rise to Influence and Authority, in the Different Members of Society 1; Appendix 1: Note on the Edition; Appendix 2: Millars Preface to the First Edition; Appendix 3: Millars 'Lectures on Government'; Index.
