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A Vindication of Politics : On the Common Good and Human Flourishing /

"Natural law political theory grounds the authority of law in the law's capacity to advance the common good, but questions about what this common good is and how it relates to political life remain highly contested. The influential new natural law theory of John Finnis reduces political as...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wright, Matthew D. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Critical assessment of Finnis's instrumentality thesis
  • Familial good
  • Formal characteristics of political association
  • Civic friendship: paradox and possibility
  • Political culture as an intrinsic good
  • Conclusion.