Natural law today : the present state of the perennial philosophy
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Natural law today : the present state of the perennial philosophy
Lexington Books, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Natural Law Today: The Present State of the Perennial Philosophy explains and defends various aspects of traditional natural law ethical theory, which is rooted in a broad understanding of human nature. Some of the issues touched upon include the relation of natural law to speculative reason and human ends (teleology), the relationship between natural law and natural theology, the so-called naturalistic fallacy (deriving "ought" from "is"), and the scope of natural knowledge of the precepts of the natural law, as well as possible limits on it. It also takes up certain historical and contemporary questions, such as the various stances of Protestant thinkers toward natural law, the place of natural law in contemporary U.S. legal thought, and the relationship between natural law and liberal political thought more generally. It brings together a number of the leading exponents of a more traditional or classical form of natural law thought, who claim to root their arguments within the broader philosophy of Thomas Aquinas more deeply than other major representatives of the natural law tradition today.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: God, Teleology, and the Natural Law
Steven A. Long, Ave Maria University
Chapter Two: Natural Inclinations in Aquinas's Account of Natural Law
Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic University of America
Chapter Three: Natural Law and Natural Right(s): Conceptual and Terminological Clarifications
Fulvio Di Blasi, Thomas International Center
Chapter Four: "The Same as to Knowledge"
J. Budziszewki, University of Texas at Austin
Chapter Five: Aquinas's Second Reason for the Necessity of Divine Law: Certainty of Knowledge with Respect to Particular and Contingent Moral Actions
Steven J. Brust
Chapter Six: Burying the Wrong Corpse: Second Thoughts on the Protestant Prejudice toward Natural Law Thinking
J. Daryl Charles, the Acton Institute
Chapter Seven: Natural Law and the Law Today
Hadley Arkes, Amherst College
Chapter Eight: Thomas Aquinas's Concept of Natural Law: A Guide to Healthy Liberalism
Christopher Wolfe, Marquette University
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