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Natural law ethics in theory and practice : a Joseph Boyle reader /

"This volume presents a selection of previously published essays by Joseph Boyle, a crucial contributor to 20th century Catholic moral philosophy through his development of the New Classical Natural Law Theory"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boyle, Joseph M., 1942- (Author)
Other Authors: Liptay, John J. (Editor), Tollefsen, Christopher (Editor), George, Robert P. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C : The Catholic University of America Press, [2020]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Joseph Boyle and natural law ethics / John Liptay & Christopher Tollefsen
  • Is determinism self-refuting?
  • Reasons for action : evaluative cognitions that underlie motivations
  • Free choice, incomparable valuable options, and incommensurable categories of good
  • Being reasonable in choosing among incommensurable goods
  • On the most fundamental principle of morality
  • Double effect and a certain type of embryotomy
  • Toward understanding the principle of double effect
  • Intention, permissibility, and the structure of agency
  • An immoral kind of deterrence
  • Traditional just war theory and humanitarian intervention
  • Natural law, ownership, and the world's natural resources
  • Fairness in holdings : a natural law account of property and welfare rights
  • Personal responsibility and freedom in health care : a contemporary natural law perspective
  • A case for sometimes tube-feeding patients in persistent vegetative state
  • Against "assisted death."