Cargando…
The natural moral law : the good after modernity /
"The Natural Moral Law argues that the good can be known and that therefore the moral law, which serves as a basis for human choice, can be understood. Proceeding historically through ancient, modern and postmodern thinkers, Owen Anderson studies beliefs about the good and how it is known, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The concept of the natural moral law as a legal theory: law and the good
- 1. The postmodern challenge: from modernity to postmodernity
- 2. Traditional natural law: differences in Aristotle and Aquinas
- 3. Patterns in historical development
- 4. The challenge of modernity: religious wars and the need for universal law
- 5. The challenges of naturalism: legal realism or natural law?
- 6. Objectivity without a metaphysical foundation
- 7. Contemporary natural law: practical rationality and legal opinions
- 8. Natural law as a theory with metaphysical baggage: postmodern law
- 9. Natural law as the moral law
- Conclusion: Natural moral law in a postmodern world.