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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Anderson, Owen J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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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.