Edmund Burke

abstract rights American appeals arbitrary power argument Aristotle attack Britain British Burke believed Burke wrote Christian circumstances civil society claim common Commonwealthmen conception constitutional law Convention Parliament criticism derived Descartes divine doctrine Dryden East India Bill Edmund Burke eighteenth century empirical England English Revolution Enlightenment ethical norms expediency France French Revolution Hobbes human nature Ibid India individual institutions intellectual Ireland Jacobins James Johnson justice king law of nations law of nature liberty logic London Mackintosh man's mankind ment metaphysical modern monarchy moral Natural Law moral prudence Morley National Assembly natural rights Natural Society Old Whigs parliament practical prescription Price principle of prudence radical rationalist Reflections reform rejected religion religious Revolution of 1688 revolutionary revolutionists right reason Rousseau Russell Kirk satire sensibility skepticism social contract sovereignty Speeches spirit Stanlis Swift theory thought tion traditional University utilitarian Vindication of Natural violated virtue whole William writings